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Webster 1913 Edition


Faithless

Faith′less

,
Adj.
1.
Not believing; not giving credit.
Be not
faithless
, but believing.
John xx. 27.
2.
Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not believing in the Christian religion.
Shak.
3.
Not observant of promises or covenants.
4.
Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows; perfidious; trecherous; disloyal; not of true fidelity; inconstant, as a husband or a wife.
A most unnatural and
faithless
service.
Shakespeare
–
Faith′less-ly
,
adv.
Faith′less-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Faithless

FA'ITHLESS

, a.
1.
Without belief in the revealed truths of religion; unbelieving.
O faithless generation. Math 18.
2.
Not believing; not giving credit to.
3.
Not adhering to allegiance or duty; disloyal; perfidious; treacherous; as a faithless subject.
4.
Not true to a master or employer; neglectful; as a faithless servant.
5.
Not true to the marriage covenant; false; as a faithless husband or wife.
6.
Not observant of promises.
7.
Deceptive.
Yonder faithless phantom.