faithful (the meaning ‘loyal’ is the commonest; 2 cf. ‘This is a faithful saying’, 1 Timothy i. 15)
1.
believing (in
religion) R3 I. iv. 4.
2.
true
Meas. IV. iii. 135
“a faithful
verity.”
3.
(?) conscientious
Ham. II. ii.
114.