faithful

adj 1: steadfast in affection or allegiance; "years of faithful

service"; "faithful employees"; "we do not doubt that

England has a faithful patriot in the Lord Chancellor"

[ant: {unfaithful}]

2: marked by fidelity to an original; "a close translation"; "a

faithful copy of the portrait"; "a faithful rendering of

the observed facts" [syn: {close}]

3: conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief; "an

authentic account by an eyewitness"; "reliable

information"; "a faithful source" [syn: {authentic}, {reliable}]

4: consistently reliable or dependable; "a faithful old car

that always gets us home"

5: (used of persons) dependable in devotion or allegiance or

affection; "a faithful old dog"; "a faithful friend";

"fast friends"; "a loyal companion"; "she proved a true

friend"; "a lover absolutely true in act and word and

thought"- H.O.Taylor [syn: {fast(a)}, {loyal}, {true}]

n 1: any loyal and steadfast following

2: a group of people who adhere to a common faith and

habitually attend a given church [syn: {congregation}, {fold}]