2 entries under this word

Fiduciary

Fī-dū'ci-a-ry (-dū'shī-), a.

adjective

a. [Lat. fiduciarius, from fiducia; It. fiduciario, Fr. fiduciaire. See supra.]

  1. Confident; steady; undoubting; unwavering; firm. “Fiduciary obedience.” Howell.
  2. Holding or held, or founded, in trust. Spelman.

Fī-dū'ci-a-ry, n.

noun

(-dū'shĭ-), n. 1. One who holds a thing in trust for another; a trustee.

Instrumental to the conveying God's blessing upon those whose fiduciaries they are. Bp. Taylor.

Sense 2. (Theol.) One who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an Antinomian. Hammond.