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Allegiant vs Faithful - What's the difference?

allegiant | faithful |

As adjectives the difference between allegiant and faithful

is that allegiant is steadfastly loyal, especially to a monarch or government while faithful is loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause.

As a noun faithful is

the practicing members of a religion or followers of a cause.

allegiant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Steadfastly loyal, especially to a monarch or government.
  • * 1623 , , Act 3, Scene 2,
    • For your great graces / Heap'd upon me, poor undeserver, I / Can nothing render but allegiant thanks, / My prayers to heaven for you, my loyalty, / Which ever has and ever shall be growing, / Till death, that winter, kill it.
  • * 1914 , , Chapter L,
    • In another group, still allegiant to the gangsters, were men such as Shorty, Sorensen, Lars Jacobsen, and Larry.
  • * 1979 , Paul Bew, Peter Gibbon, Henry Patterson, The State in Northern Ireland, 1921-72: Political Forces and Social Classes , page 84,
    • The fully allegiant group accepted the ultimate sovereignty of the British government.

    Anagrams

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    faithful

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause
    • My dog is a very faithful dog.
  • having faith
    • Some people are faithful to their god.
  • reliable; worthy of trust
    • My servant is very faithful .
  • consistent with reality
    • I would consider that a very faithful reproduction.
  • engaging in sexual relations only with one's spouse or long-term sexual partner
    • They had been faithful to each other all of their married life.

    Derived terms

    * faithfully * faithfulness

    See also

    * go to the wall for someone * stand by * true

    Noun

    (-)
  • The practicing members of a religion or followers of a cause.
    • The faithful pray five times a day.