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93441 Etymology dictionary, p. honorable (adj.).2
… good faith" is from 1540s; sense of "acting justly" is from c. 1600.
93442 Etymology dictionary, p. immaculate (adj.).3
… of faith in 1854.
93443 Etymology dictionary, p. immobile (adj.).2
… " (of faith, etc.), from Old French immoble "immovable, fixed, motionless" (13c., Modern French immeuble ), from Latin immobilis "immovable" (also, figuratively, "hard-hearted …
93444 Etymology dictionary, p. implicit (adj.).2
… of faith).
93445 Etymology dictionary, p. infidelity (n.).2
… of faith, unbelief in religion; false belief, paganism;" also (early 15c.) "unfaithfulness or disloyalty to a person" (originally to a sovereign, by 16c. to a lover …
93446 Etymology dictionary, p. infidel (n.).2
… )) + fidelis "faithful" (from PIE root *bheidh- "to trust, confide, persuade").
93447 Etymology dictionary, p. interfaith (adj.).2
1921, from inter- + faith .
93448 Etymology dictionary, p. Islam (n.).3
… the faith include Mahometry (late 15c.), Muhammadism (1610s), Islamism (1747), and Ismaelism (c. 1600; see Ismailite ). The Ismailites were not numerous in Islam, but …
93449 Etymology dictionary, p. Judaism (n.).2
… "Jewish faith, Judaism," literally "Jew-hood" (early 14c.).
93450 Etymology dictionary, p. kathenotheism (n.).2
… ") for "faith in a single god" as distinguished from exclusive belief in only one god, in writings on early Hebrew religion. He also has adevism (from Sanskrit deva …
93451 Etymology dictionary, p. lapse (v.).2
… or faith" is from 1630s. Meaning "become void, revert due to some failure or non-action by the holder" is from 1726. Related: Lapsed; lapses; lapsing .
93452 Etymology dictionary, p. lapsed (adj.).2
of persons, "fallen away from the faith," 1630s, past-participle adjective from lapse (v.). Originally especially to those who denied Christianity during prosecution.
93453 Etymology dictionary, p. lapse (n.).3
Meaning "moral transgression, sin" is from c. 1500; that of "slip of the memory" is 1520s; that of "a falling away from one's faith" is from 1650s.
93454 Etymology dictionary, p. leal (adj.).2
"loyal, faithful, honest, true," c. 1300, lele, surviving from Middle English as Northern English and Scottish form of loyal. But the Land of the leal (Lady Nairne) is Heaven, not Scotland. Related: Lealty .
93455 Etymology dictionary, p. lip-service (n.).2
… genuine faith or desire" (c. 1600); lip-comfort (1630s).
93456 Etymology dictionary, p. loyal (adj.).2
… or faithful in allegiance," 1530s, in reference to subjects of sovereigns or governments, from French loyal, from Old French loial, leal "of good quality; faithful …
93457 Etymology dictionary, p. loyal (adj.).3
… of "faithful in carrying out legal obligations; conformable to the laws of honor." In a general sense (of dogs, lovers, etc.), from c. 1600. As a noun meaning "those who …
93458 Etymology dictionary, p. Mahomet.2
… and faith notable for severe monotheism. Related: Mahometan .
93459 Etymology dictionary, p. martyr (n.).2
… to faith," especially "one who willingly suffers death rather than surrender his or her religious faith," specifically "one of the Christians who in former …
93460 Etymology dictionary, p. martyrdom (n.).2
"torture and execution for the sake of one's faith," Old English martyrdom; see martyr (n.) + -dom. As "a state of suffering for the maintaining of any obnoxious cause," late 14c.