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Fides Carbonaʹrii

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Blind faith, faith of a child. A carbonaʹro being asked what he believed, replied, “What the Church believes;” and, being asked again what the Church believes, made answer, “What I believe.” (See Carbonari.) (Roux: Dictionnaire Comique.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Fiddler’s Fare or Fiddler’s Pay
Fiddler’s Green
Fiddler’s Money
Fiddler’s News
Fiddlestick
Fiddlesticks!
Fidele
Fidelio
Fides
Fides
Fides Carbonarii
Field. (Anglo-Saxon, feld.)
Field-day
Field Marshal
Field Officer
Field Pieces
Field Works
Field of Blood
Field of Ice
Field of Vision or Field of View
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