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Webster 1913 Edition

Fiducial

Fi-du′cial

,
Adj.
[L.
fiducia
trust, confidence; akin to
fides
faith. See
Faith
.]
1.
Having faith or trust; confident; undoubting; firm.
“Fiducial reliance on the promises of God.”
Hammond.
2.
Having the nature of a trust; fiduciary;
as,
fiducial
power
.
Spelman.
Fiducial edge
(Astron. & Surv.)
,
the straight edge of the alidade or ruler along which a straight line is to be drawn.
–
Fiducial line
or
Fiducial point
(Math. & Physics.)
,
a line or point of reference, as for setting a graduated circle or scale used for measurments.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fiducial

FIDU'CIAL

,
Adj.
[from L. fiducia, from fido, to trust.]
1.
Confident; undoubting; firm; as a fiducial reliance on the promises of the gospel.
2.
Having the nature of a trust; as fiducial power.

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