Translation: "By discipline, fidelity, and perseverance."

A motto of fortitude and steadfastness.

With piety, fidelity, and justice.

Motto of Wilhelm VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel (1629-1663).

Translation: "Through soul and faith."

Motto of Pensacola Jr. College, Pensacola, Florida, USA.

1. A reference to something done in good faith: At the auction, a customer's offer was a bona fide bid for the small antique statue.

Although they did not succeed, the leaders of the country made a bona fide effort to improve their nation's unsatisfactory economy.

Shirley always made bona fide efforts to satisfy her customers in the clothing store.

2. Pertaining to a publication that is genuine and not a counterfeit or a copied document: The historian presented a bona fide manuscript for his students to study.
3. Etymology: from Latin meaning "in good faith" and so it is "genuine". © ALL rights are reserved.

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1. In good faith, with sincerity; genuinely.
2. Acting or done in good faith; sincere, genuine.
3. In plural form, credentials authenticating someone's true identity, background, intentions, and good faith: Henry was a journalist whose bona fides could not be determined.

Genuine or sincere; sincerity. The first expression is used to modify some other word, as in bona fide intentions; the second is generally used as the subject or object of a verb, as in "His bona fides is above reproach", and "We do not question her bona fides." Bona fides is a singular noun.

Bona fide has been used as an adjective phrase in English so often that we all know its pronunciation as, BOH nuh fighd; however, its preferred Latin pronunciation is BAW nuh FIGH duh.

To produce bona fides (BOH nuh FIGH deez), a corrupted Anglicized form, means to show good intentions in dealing with others, show credentials, prove one's identity or ability, etc. and so to indicate that no fraud or deceit is intended or shown.

A bona fide agreement is one that is made in "good faith" which is a Latin phrase taken over bodily from the Latin bona, "good" + fides, "faith".

Translation: "By faith and by letters."

Motto of St. Paul's School, London, U.K.

Translation: "There is trust in faith."

Motto of Leys School, Cambridge, U.K.

Translation: "[Have] virtue in your faith but knowledge in your virtue."

Motto of Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia, USA.

In faith, justice, and strength.

Motto of the Order of St. George, Bavaria, Germany.

A reference to someone who is acting in "bad faith": When Joe told the potential buyer of his car that his vehicle was in perfect condition, he was making a mala fide statement with the intention of deceiving the potential buyer because a mechanic told Joe that the motor needed to be repaired.

The robber made a mala fide promise to give the money that he stole back to the bank; however, he never really intended to do it.

Pertaining to deceiving or to doing something insincerely or dishonestly: The opposition group accused the governor of making mala fide political promises that he knew could not be accomplished.

1. When capitalized, the systematic effort to spread the Roman Catholic faith: The Catholic Propaganda is the Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide or the "Sacred Congregation for Propagating the Faith" which was founded by Pope Gregory XV in 1622 and charged with overseeing the church's foreign missions.
2. Etymology: from Italian and from Latin propagandus which is from propagare, "to make known, to promote, or to spread".

True knowledge with pure faith.

Motto of Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, USA.

By virtue and faith.