Emily Dickinson Lexicon

faith, n. [OFr feid or feit, persuade, draw toward, conciliate, bind.] (webplay: advanced, alone, being, Belief, believe, broke, Children, constant, death, distinguished, evidence, failing, fraud, friend, generation, God, heart, justified, life, lover, mind, name, nature, observant, perfections, remains, Savior, sight, strain, strong, suppose, thing, times, trust, truth, walk, witness).

1. Belief; confidence in truth declared by another; conviction proceeding from reliance on testimony; (see Matthew 6:30).
2. Knowledge; sentiment based on concrete evidence.
3. Religion; Christian belief; simple belief in the scriptures, the being and perfection of God, the existence, character and doctrines of Christ; (see Acts 13:8).
4. Justification; grace; spiritual apprehension of divine truths, or of realities beyond the reach of logical proof; entire confidence of trust in God and Christ with an unreserved surrender of the will to their guidance; (see Luke 7:50).
5. Doctrine; theology; credence; (see Acts 6:7).
6. Sincerity; innocence; honesty; desire to see; (see Matthew 8:10).
7. Bond; security; connection; devotion.
8. Sacrament of marriage.
9. Perception; inner sense like the five senses.
10. Power to produce belief, credit, authority; (see Matthew 17:20).
11. Active force; power that impels one to action; power that initiates.