Definition of "fides" []

• Faith personified as a goddess; the goddess of faith. (noun)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

• "Sometimes the lesser man was said to be "in feu" to the greater; the Latin word fides, i.e., "the bond of honour", was a technical word employed."
• "Indeed, the word fiduciary comes from the Latin word fides, meaning faith."
• "It’s called faith from the Latin fides, which means to make a commitment to something."