All 3 Uses of
perfidy
in
Ivanhoe
- King Richard was absent a prisoner, and in the power of the perfidious and cruel Duke of Austria.†
Chpt 7 *
- His own character being light, profligate, and perfidious, John easily attached to his person and faction, not only all who had reason to dread the resentment of Richard for criminal proceedings during his absence, but also the numerous class of "lawless resolutes," whom the crusades had turned back on their country, accomplished in the vices of the East, impoverished in substance, and hardened in character, and who placed their hopes of harvest in civil commotion.†
Chpt 7
- One half of those vain follies were puffed into mine ear by that perfidious Abbot Wolfram, and you may now judge if he is a counsellor to be trusted.†
Chpt 42
Definition:
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(perfidy) an act of deliberate betrayal; or such behavior