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Definition of Faithlessness

1. Noun. Unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous.

Definition of Faithlessness

1. Noun. The quality of being faithless ¹

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Definition of Faithlessness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Faithlessness

Literary usage of Faithlessness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Popes, from the Close of the Middle Ages: Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor, Ralph Francis Kerr, Frederick Ignatius Antrobus (1902)
"In this last and decisive contest with Islam, Ferdinand had learnt by experience the utter faithlessness of his cousin, the King of Naples. ..."

2. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest. With by William Smith (1897)
"§2. Preparations of Mar- donius for the campaign. § 3. He solicits the Athenians to join him. Faithlessness of the Spartans. § 4. ..."

3. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century: Poems by Wordsworth, Coleridge by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"... never did lie fail to let me see His love,—his folly and faithlessness, And still in turn I gave him voice to pray Such prayers as cling about an empty ..."

4. English Hymns: Their Authors and History by Samuel Willoughby Duffield (1886)
"From past regret and present faithlessness." THOU lovely source of true delight.—STEELE. In the Poems by Theodosia, 1760, this is entitled " Desiring to ..."

5. Diary of a Southern Refugee, During the War by Judith White Brockenbrough] [McGuire (1868)
"Others are equally despondent, and, as is too frequently the case in times of trouble, attribute all our disasters to the incom- petency and faithlessness ..."

6. Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History: Comprising the History of England by Roger, Matthew Paris (1849)
"... AD 1228.3 Faithlessness OF THE EMPEROR. for ever. When, however, the appointed time drew near, he began to make many cxc i' es, declaring that he was ..."

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