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faithed en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /feɪθt/
• /feɪθd/
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Etymology

From faith + -ed.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Having faith or a faith; honest; sincere.
   • Thou unpossessing bastard, dost thou think, / If I would stand against thee, would the reposal / Of any trust, virtue, or worth in thee / Make thy words faithed? 1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 2, scene 1:
2. Having faith of a specified quality or type.
   • ...Ezra cometh from Babel to reforme matters: as mariages with infideles: and such, fit for be∣ginning a new comon weale: So Malachy speaketh nothing of the Temple, but of maintenance for the Levites, & of strange faithed wiues, and all, for matters fit for a new be∣ginning comon weale... 1604, Hugh Broughton Hugh Broughton, An aduertisement of corruption in our handling of religion To the Kings Majestie, Of Malachie:
   • As a Texan I knew the smell well. It was an aroma not all that unexpected of Southern "Good Ole' Boys", but it didn't square with reports that Carter was a deep-faithed Southern Baptist who taught Sunday School and was a tee-totaler. 2015 September 6, Dan Rather, “Jimmy Carter is a man the founding fathers would recognize”, in Mashable, retrieved 02 Dec 2016:
   • to those Jewish faithed brethren QPR fans of which Mike and myself are two, for the year, and myself apologise^([sic]) to anyone whom I have hurt (sinned) during the past year. 2012 September 16, londonranger, “Very Happy Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur”, in QPR Report Message Board, retrieved 02 Dec 2016:

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