† petty-fidiann.
Obsolete.
A person of little faith.
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1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. viii. 26) O ye of little faith. Ye petty fidians; He calleth them not nullifidians.
1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. xiv. 31) Thou petty-fidian, small-faith: Christ chides Peter, and yet helps him.
a1660 N. Rogers Rich Fool (1662) 143 So will he provide for your Bodies Cloathing: and to doubt of this, argues you to be petty-fidians, if not nulli-fidians; of little Faith, if of any Faith at all.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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