the faithful
noun
1
: the people who believe or participate in a religion
The faithful gather here each year to celebrate together.
2
: the people who are loyal members or supporters of a group or organization
The faithful come out and cheer for the team every year.
The convention was packed with the Republican/Democratic faithful.
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Where the Word of Faith movement leveraged the faithful to amass wealth, the New Apostolic Reformation is leveraging that wealth to build political power.
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Laura Bullard, Vox, 20 Sep. 2024
But, at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds on Friday afternoon, Biden would address a different kind of crowd—the public and the faithful, or, for the purposes of the moment, the willing.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024
With them in charge, Lily Dale flourished into a resort town, a summer destination, a thriving year-round community of the faithful, and a hub on activist lecture circuits dedicated to suffrage, temperance, abolition, and socialism.
—Marissa C. Rhodes / Made By History, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
Present popularity and a place in the history of Islam should prove sufficient incentive for each to grandstand as peacemakers and unifiers of the faithful.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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Laura Bullard, Vox, 20 Sep. 2024
But, at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds on Friday afternoon, Biden would address a different kind of crowd—the public and the faithful, or, for the purposes of the moment, the willing.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024
With them in charge, Lily Dale flourished into a resort town, a summer destination, a thriving year-round community of the faithful, and a hub on activist lecture circuits dedicated to suffrage, temperance, abolition, and socialism.
—Marissa C. Rhodes / Made By History, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
Present popularity and a place in the history of Islam should prove sufficient incentive for each to grandstand as peacemakers and unifiers of the faithful.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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“The faithful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20faithful. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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