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de fide
[ de-fee-de; English dee-fi-dee ]
adjective
, Latin.
- of the faith: a phrase used in the Roman Catholic Church to qualify certain teachings as being divinely revealed, belief in them therefore being obligatory.
de fide
/ diː ˈfaɪdɪ /
adjective
- RC Church (of a doctrine) belonging to the essentials of the faith, esp by virtue of a papal ruling
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Word History and Origins
Origin of de fide1
literally: from faith
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Example Sentences
The constitutio de fide has been adopted by the Ecumenical Council, nemine contradicente.
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Regarding the locality and its pleasantness or painfulness nothing has been taught as de fide.
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And the same principles are secondarily de fide, as it is that there is a God.
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The only visions received as de fide are those recorded in the Holy Scriptures.
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On the other hand the want of the treatise, "De fide orthodoxa," is doubtless a relief to literature.
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