an article of faith

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an article of faith

something that someone believes very strongly without thinking about whether it could be wrong It was an article of faith with Mona that everything she used should be recycled.

See also: article, faith

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That contempt of riches which our Gascon had observed as an article of faith during the thirty-five first years of his life, had for a long time been considered by him as the first article of the code of bravery. Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context "The Bible," said Aramis, "make our belief in them a law; the ghost of Samuel appeared to Saul, and it is an article of faith that I should be very sorry to see any doubt thrown upon, Porthos. The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context Perhaps this is the reason why it is an article of faith with the servants, handed down from race to race, that the departed Tisher was a hairdresser. The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Dickens, Charles View in context			among amount amount to amount to a hill of beans amount to much amount to the same thing amour propre amuse with an about-face an accident waiting to happen an ace in the hole an Achilles' heel an acid test an act of faith an act of God an act of war an aide-mémoire an Aladdin's cave an all-out effort an all-rounder an amber gambler an ambulance chaser An apple a day keeps the doctor away an arm and a leg An army marches on its stomach an article of faith an attack an awkward customer an eager beaver an earful an early bath an early bird an earth mother an educated guess an ego trip an embarrassment of riches an éminence grise An empty sack cannot stand upright an end in itself an enfant terrible An Englishman's home is his castle an even break An eye for an eye an Indian summer an inside job an iron fist in a velvet glove an iron man an ivory tower an old chestnut an old flame an old hand			An Agent of Change for the FDA An Agent of Change for the FDA An Agent of Change for the FDA An Agricultural Chemical Transport Model an aide-mémoire an Aladdin's cave an all-out effort an all-rounder an amber gambler an ambulance chaser An American Dictionary of the English Language An American in Paris an and a half an and a half an and a half an and a half An Annual Report on the Budget An apple a day keeps the doctor away An apple a day keeps the doctor away An Approximate Molecular Orbital Method An Architecture for Intrusion Detection an arm and a leg an arm and a leg an arm and a leg an arm and a leg an arm and a leg an arm and a leg An arm of flesh An army marches on its stomach An Array Of Charm an article of faith An article of virtu An Association for Scientific Research on the Addictions an attack An Automated Victim Notification System an awkward customer An Baile Meánach An Baile Meánach An Comhaontas Ghaelach Tuathúil An Comunn Gaidhealach - America An Daingean An Daingean An der Donau an der Saale an der Saale an eager beaver an earful an early bath an early bird an earth mother an educated guess An educational institution An educational institution an ego trip an elegant sufficiency an embarrassment of riches an éminence grise An empty sack cannot stand upright

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