Obs. [ad. L. fīdūcia.] Confidence.

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1582.  N. T. (Rhem.), 1 Tim. vi. 20 note. Their [the Protestants’] sole faith, their fiduce, their apprehension of Christs iustice.

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1615.  N. Byfield, Exp. Coloss., i. 4 (1869), 35/1. Faith, as it shewes it selfe in the heart, stands in three things.

        Desires.
Fiduce or Confidence.
Perswasion, or Apprehension and Application.

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