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Fidelity
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FIDEL'ITY, n. L. fidelitas, from fides, faith, fido, to trust. See Faith.
1. Faithfulness careful and exact observance of duty, or performance of obligations. We expect fidelity in a public minister, in an agent or trustee, in a domestic servant, in a friend.
The best security for the fidelity of men, is to make interest coincide with duty.
2. Firm adherence to a person or party with which one is united, or to which one is bound loyalty as the fidelity of subjects to their king or government the fidelity of a tenant or liege to his lord.
3. Observance of the marriage covenant as the fidelity of a husband or wife.
4. Honesty veracity adherence to truth as the fidelity of a witness.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Fidelity'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/f/fidelity.html.
Entry for 'Fidelity'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/f/fidelity.html.
