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单词 belieffulness
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belieffulnessn.

Brit. /bᵻˈliːff(ᵿ)lnəs/, U.S. /bəˈli(f)fəlnəs/, /biˈli(f)fəlnəs/
Forms: see beliefful adj. and -ness suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: beliefful adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < beliefful adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier belief n., believing n.1Compare Old English gelēaffulnes faith, trust, faithfulness ( < gelēafful (see beliefful adj.) + -ness suffix). Apparently re-formed in the 19th cent.
The quality of having faith in a person or thing; esp. religiousness.In quot. 1540 as name of a pseudo-divinity.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > [noun] > quality
belieffulness1540
the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > [noun] > trustful quality or condition
belieffulness1540
trustiness?1567
trustfulness1574
trustingness1820
confidingness1851
1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus ii. i. sig. Iiiv Mystruste of thyne, whome holy belyfulnesse shoulde neuer make blessed.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke iv. f. 24 Ye godly beliefulnesse of the heathen.
1853 A. H. Clough Let. 9 Oct. (1957) II. 464 And there is a hopefulness and a belief-fulness, so to say, on your side.
a1962 H. R. Niebuhr Faith on Earth (1991) v. 78 The negative relations of distrust, disloyalty and disbelief all presuppose the previous establishment of trust, loyalty and belieffulness.
1986 D. J. Hall God & Human Suffering (1987) Introd. 27 Our temptation is that we fall into superficial belieffulness..healing the wounds of the people lightly and degrading the hope that belongs to the gospel of the cross.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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