Tuesday, October 9, 2012

word for hire: fiducial


fi·du·cial

[fi-doo-shuhl, -dyoo-] adjective
1.
accepted as a fixed basis of reference or comparison: afiducial point; a fiducial temperature.
2.
based on or having trust: fiducial dependence upon God.

Origin: 1565–75;  < Late Latin fīdūciālis,  equivalent to fīdūci a trust(akin to fīdere  to trust) + -ālis -al1

Taken from Dictionary.com. MW also available for reference.

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