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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
fiducial
 
SYLLABICATION:fi·du·cial
PRONUNCIATION:  f-dshl, -dy-, f-
ADJECTIVE:1. Based on or relating to faith or trust. 2. Relating to or characteristic of a legal trust; fiduciary. 3. Regarded or employed as a standard of reference, as in surveying.
ETYMOLOGY:Late Latin fdcilis, from Latin fdcia, trust, from fdere, to trust. See bheidh- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:fi·ducial·lyADVERB
 
 
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