'Fiduciary' definitions:
Definition of 'fiduciary'
From: WordNet
adjective
Relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another); "a fiduciary contract"; "in a fiduciary capacity"; "fiducial power" [syn: fiduciary, fiducial]
noun
A person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary; "it is illegal for a fiduciary to misappropriate money for personal gain"
Definition of 'Fiduciary'
From: GCIDE
- Fiduciary \Fi*du"ci*a*ry\ (? or ?), a. [L. fiduciarus, fr. fiducia: cf. F. fiduciaire. See Fiducial.]
- 1. Involving confidence or trust; confident; undoubting; faithful; firm; as, in a fiduciary capacity. "Fiduciary obedience." --Howell. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Holding, held, or founded, in trust. --Spelman. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Fiduciary'
From: GCIDE
- Fiduciary \Fi*du"ci*a*ry\, n.
- 1. One who holds a thing in trust for another; a trustee. [1913 Webster]
- Instrumental to the conveying God's blessing upon those whose fiduciaries they are. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Theol.) One who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an Antinomian. --Hammond. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fiduciary'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- believable,
- colorable,
- conceivable,
- convictional,
- credible,
- depositary,
- depository,
- fiducial,
- held in pledge,
- held in trust,
- in escrow,
- in trust,
- pistic,
- plausible,
- reliable,
- tenable,
- trustee,
- trustworthy,
- trusty,
- unexceptionable,
- unimpeachable,
- unquestionable,
- worthy of faith