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Faithfulness See also Loyalty. To God: To Lovers: Abdiel seraph who refused to join Satan’s rebellion. [Br. Lit.: Paradise Lost] in obedience to God, would sacrifice his only son. [O.T.: Genesis 22:1–18] à (c. 1118–70) uncompromisingly defended the rights of the Church against King Henry II. [Br. Hist.: NCE, 2735] faithfully followed God in exploration of Canaan. [O.T.: Numbers 14:24–25] flower memorializing harness bells of Canterbury pilgrims. [Br. Hist.: Espy, 303] brings people of Judah back to God. [O.T.: II Chronicles29:3–11; 31:20–21] destroyed idols; adjured men to follow God. [O.T.: II Chronicles 17:3–6; 19:9–11] maintains his faith despite severe trials, is finally rewarded by God. [O.T.: Job] tenaciously follows Moses’ law; orders keeping of Passover. [O.T.: II Kings 23:21–24] saved from flood because of his faith. [O.T.: Genesis 6-10]
To Lovers: prostrates herself before David and vows devotion. [O.T.: I Samuel 25:40–41] waits eighty years for lover to return. [Jap. Legend: Jobes, 59] despite financial woes, remains faithful to Booth. [Br. Lit.: Amelia] devoted wife of Hector. [Gk. Lit.: Iliad; Trojan Women; Andromache; Fr. Lit.: Andromaghe] name of Vedic goddess means faithfulness. [Hindu Myth.: Jobes, 117] Alcmaeon’s wife; continues to love husband though he is unfaithful. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 32] loyal to lover and leader. [Ital. Lit.: Orlando Innamorato]
loved Achilles despite her capture by Agamemnon. [Gk. Myth.: Walsh Classical, 62] waits many years for true love, Artegall. [Br. Lit.: Faerie Queene] ever faithful to husband. [Br. Lit.: Candida] faithful to fiance lost at sea. [Br. Lit.: Fatal Curiosity] symbol of fidelity. [Flower Symbolism: Jobes, 326] devoted to Egmont. [Ger. Lit.: Egmont] faithful; does not mate again for nine generations. [Animal Symbolism: Mercatante, 161] woman to whom Dowson is faithful in his thoughts even when consorting with others. [Br. Poetry: Barnhart, 301] despite her love for another, remains faithful to her husband even after his death. [Fr. Lit.: Lafayette The Princess] faithfulness reflected in their pairing for life. [Christian Symbolism: Child, 211] Clay Wingate’s fiancee quietly waits for his return. [Am. Lit.: “John Brown’s Body” in Magill I, 445–448] though falsely accused of infidelity, nurses husband through wounds. [Br. Lit.: Idylls of the King] lifelong search for lover, Gabriel. [Am. Lit.: Evangeline] symbol of lovers’ faithfulness. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 174] only one of Danaides who did not murder husband on wedding night. [Gk. Myth.: Howe, 136] spurns the advances of Iachimo, who had wagered her husband that he could seduce her. [Br. Drama: Shakespeare Cymbeline] traditional symbol of faithfulness. [Plant Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 175] attribute of the personified Fidelity. [Art: Hall, 184] commits suicide to join husband Protesilaus in underworld. [Gk. Lit.: Iliad; Rom. Lit.: Aeneid] disguises as Fidelio to save imprisoned husband. [Ger. Opera: Beethoven, Fidelio, Westerman, 109–110] swears she will never desert husband. [Br. Lit.: David Copperfield] immolated herself on pyre with husband, Baldur. [Norse Myth.: Wheeler, 256]
patient wife; faithful for 20 years while waiting for his return. [Gk. Lit.: Iliad; Odyssey] ever devoted to wife, Andromeda. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 200] goddess of faithfulness, respect, and affection. [Rom. Myth.: Kravitz, 192] symbol of faithfulness. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 176] takes own life after husband, Brutus’s, suicide. [Rom. Hist.: Plutarch’s Lives] symbol of faithfulness. [Chinese Art: Jobes, 357] faithful to her deposed husband, Bertarido. [Br. Opera: Handel, Rodelinda, Westerman, 50–52] tries to “save” immoral husband. [Am. Lit.: Roxy] princess abducted from her husband by the demon-king; she remains faithful throughout her captivity. [Indian Lit.: Ramayana] young prostitute stays near prison to comfort Raskolnikov. [Russ. Lit.: Crime and Punishment] a true friend and constant lover. [Br. Lit.: Two Gentlemen of Verona] symbol of faithfulness. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 178] symbol of faithfulness. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 178; Kunz, 327] shows devotion to Dobie, who manfully resists. [TV: “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis” in Terrace, II, 64–66] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Michael's heredity, rigidly selected for ages by man, was chiefly composed of fierceness and faithfulness. Reality has since copied Prince Carl with an astonishing faithfulness. "Sire," answered the grand-vizir, "it is most dangerous for a monarch to confide in a man whose faithfulness is not proved, You do not know that this physician is not a traitor come here to assassinate you. |
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