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Definition of faithful

adjective

  • 1remaining loyal and steadfast:the city has always been faithful to the Conservative party employees who had notched up decades of faithful service
  • (of a spouse or partner) never having a sexual relationship with anyone else:her husband was faithful to her
  • (of an object) reliable:my faithful compass
  • 2true to the facts or the original:the film was faithful to the book

noun

(as plural noun the faithful)
  • those who are faithful to a particular religion or political party:a muezzin called the faithful to prayer

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