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adjective | noun faithfulfaithful1 /ˈfeɪθfəl/ ●●○ adjective ► faithful friend Mary’s always been a faithful friend. ► remained faithful Reynolds has remained faithful to his principles. ► remain faithful Married partners are supposed to remain faithful. THESAURUSalways supporting your friends, principles, country, etc., and never changing your feelings about them► loyalalways supporting your friends, principles, country, etc., and never changing your feelings about them: We want to give something back to our loyal customers. My mother remained loyal to the Catholic Church. ► faithful continuing to support a person, group, country, or idea for a long time: The senator is trailing in the polls, but a group of faithful followers is hoping to turn that around. ► devoted strongly loyal to someone or something because you admire or love that person or thing: Devoted fans showed up for the concert despite the rain. ► steadfast very faithful, even if bad things happen: The two countries have been steadfast allies for 150 years. ► patriotic someone who is patriotic loves and is very loyal to his or her country: He felt it was his patriotic duty to serve in the armed forces. believing strongly in your religion and obeying its rules carefully► religiousbelieving strongly in your religion and obeying its rules carefully: She became very religious after the death of her parents. Abdul is a deeply religious man. ► devout having very strong religious beliefs: Devout Muslims pray five times a day. ► faithful continuing to believe in a particular religion, and following its rules: On Easter Sunday, faithful Catholics gather to receive the Pope’s blessing. ► pious believing strongly in a religion, and showing this in how you behave: She is a pious woman who attends Mass every day. ► practicing obeying the rules of a particular religion: Russ was raised in the church but is no longer a practicing Christian. ► orthodox believing in all the traditional beliefs, laws, and practices of a religion: Orthodox Jews do not work on Saturday. 1remaining loyal to a person, belief, political party, etc. and continuing to support him, her, or it: a faithful Catholic Mary’s always been a faithful friend.faithful to Reynolds has remained faithful to his principles.► see thesaurus at loyal, religious2representing an event or an image in a way that is exactly true or that looks exactly the same: a faithful account of what happened It’s a faithful reproduction of the original picture.3if you are faithful to your wife, husband, boyfriend, etc., you are not having a sexual relationship with anyone else: faithful to She hasn’t always been faithful to me. Married partners are supposed to remain faithful.4[only before noun] able to be trusted or depended upon SYN reliable: a faithful servant my faithful old car—faithfulness noun [uncountable] adjective | noun faithfulfaithful2 noun ► the party faithful the support of the party faithful ► old faithfuls A handful of old faithfuls came to the meeting. 1the faithful a)the people who are very loyal to a leader, political party, etc. and continue to support them: the support of the party faithful b)the people who believe in a religion: bells calling the faithful to prayer2[countable] a loyal follower, supporter, or member: A handful of old faithfuls came to the meeting. |