Article Of Faith

  

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Article Of Faith

Definition: Article Of Faith

Article Of Faith

Noun

1. (Christianity) any of the sections into which a creed or other statement of doctrine is divided.

2. An unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Article Of Faith

Synonyms: conviction (n), credendum (n), strong belief (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Article Of Faith

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Belief

System of opinions, school, doctrine, articles, canons; article of faith, declaration of faith, profession of faith; tenets, credenda, creed; thirty-nine articles; (orthodoxy) a; catechism; assent; propaganda; (teaching).

Theology

Noun: theology (natural and revealed); theogony, theosophy; divinity; hagiology, hagiography; Caucasian mystery; monotheism; religion; religious persuasion, religious sect, religious denomination; creed; (belief); article of faith, declaration of faith, profession of faith, confession of faith.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Use in Literature: Article Of Faith

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

The convenient virtue attributed to these lines was, moreover, an article of faith in the order of the Hospitallers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Article Of Faith

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

article of faith

63
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Article Of Faith

Language Translations for "article of faith"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Finnish

  

uskonkappale (dogma). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

信条 (belief, creed). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

し"じょう (belief, body, creed, giving, mentality, merit, presenting, social position, true feeling). (various references)

   

Manx

  

banglane y chredjue. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

articleay ofay aithfay

   

Swedish

  

trosartikel. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Article Of Faith

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-f-f-h-i-i-l-o-r-t-t"

-3 letters: facilitator, felicitator.

-4 letters: facilitate, theatrical, trifoliate.

-5 letters: affiliate, affricate, aleatoric, cafetoria, chairlift, charlotte, clathrate, factorial, fortalice, lateritic, laticifer, officiate, theriacal, triticale.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Quotations: Fiction
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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