Punic faith

punic faith Punic Faith English Alternative forms en punic faith Punic Faith Etymology en la fidēs Pūnica. Noun - en archaic Treachery, deceitfulness, bad faith. en perfidy prodition traitory Thesaurus:betrayal 16 His line of education, as well as his father's tenets in matters of church and state, had taught him a holy horror for Papists, and a devout belief in whatever had been said of the Punic faith of Jesuits. 5 Mexico . . . weakened her cause by her own punic faith, instability, military oppression, and political revolutions, giving to the Texans in particular ample justification for their revolt. en July 14 1865 Bright on Parliamentary Reform http://www.nytimes.com/1865/07/14/news/bright-on-parliamentary-reform-the-hindrances-and-drawbacks-to-liberal-progress.html New York Times 6 Aug 2014 Mr. Bright . . . speaks in the following terms, in his address to his constituents, of the Punic faith of the Palmerston-Russell Administration on the question of reform: " . . . The House which was returned at that election has been disloyal to its pledges, and has neglected its first duty." https://web.archive.org/web/20160308192622/http://www.nytimes.com/1865/07/14/news/bright-on-parliamentary-reform-the-hindrances-and-drawbacks-to-liberal-progress.html 8 March 2016 en Oct 9 1944 Education: International Insults http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,803354,00.html Time 6 Aug 2014 The Carthaginians, in the Roman view, were treacherous fellows. "Punica fides" ("Punic faith") became Latin for double-dealing. https://web.archive.org/web/20171018033050/http://content.time.com:80/time/magazine/article/0,9171,803354,00.html 18 October 2017 Translations French: fr foi punique f Latin: la fidēs Pūnica f Portuguese: pt fé púnica f See also en Attic faith References