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fiducial - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'fiducial' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Fiducial [ a.]
- Having faith or trust; confident; undoubting; firm.
- Having the nature of a trust; fiduciary; as, fiducial power.

Meaning of 'fiducial' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . fiducial [ a]
Meaning (1):
- used as a fixed standard of reference for comparison or measurement
Example in sentence:
  • a fiducial point
Meaning (2):
- relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another)
Example in sentence:
  • a fiduciary contract;
  • fiducial power;
  • in a fiduciary capacity