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–noun

1.	a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church.

2.	Roman Catholic Church. a baptized Roman Catholic who willfully and persistently rejects any article of faith.

3.	anyone who does not conform to an established attitude, doctrine, or principle.

–adjective

4.	heretical.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME heretik < MF heretique < LL haereticus < Gk hairetikós able to choose (LGk: heretical), equiv. to hairet(ós) that may be taken (verbal adj. of haireǐn to choose) + -ikos -ic

]

—Synonyms 1. apostate, backslider, recreant, protestant. 3. dissenter, skeptic, freethinker.

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her·e·tic Audio Help   (hěr'ĭ-tĭk) Pronunciation Key
n.   A person who holds controversial opinions, especially one who publicly dissents from the officially accepted dogma of the Roman Catholic Church.

adj.   Heretical.

[Middle English heretik, from Old French heretique, from Late Latin haereticus, from Greek hairetikos, able to choose, factious, from hairetos, chosen, from haireisthai, to choose; see heresy.]

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heretic
noun
1.	a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church
2.	a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion)

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ˈheretic [-tik] noun

a person who holds or teaches such an opinion

Arabic:	هرطَقي، مِن أهْل البِدَع
Chinese (Simplified):	异教徒
Chinese (Traditional):	異教徒
Czech:	kacíř, -ka
Danish:	kætter
Dutch:	ketter
Estonian:	ketser
Finnish:	kerettiläinen
French:	hérétique
German:	der, *die Ketzer(in)
Greek:	αιρετικός
Hungarian:	eretnek
Icelandic:	trúvillingur
Indonesian:	klenik
Italian:	eretico

Japanese:	異端者
Korean:	이교도
Latvian:	ķeceris
Lithuanian:	eretikas
Norwegian:	kjetter
Polish:	heretyk
Portuguese (Brazil):	herege
Portuguese (Portugal):	herético
Romanian:	eretic
Russian:	еретик
Slovak:	kacír, -ka
Slovenian:	krivoverec
Spanish:	hereje
Swedish:	kättare
Turkish:	sapkınlık gösteren kimse

See also: heresy

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heretic

One who challenges the doctrines of an established church. Martin Luther was proclaimed a heretic for rejecting many of the tenets of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Heretic

Her"e*tic\, n. [L. haereticus, Gr. ? able to choose, heretical, fr. ? to take, choose: cf. F. h['e]r['e]tique. See Heresy.]

1. One who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion.

A man that is an heretic, after the first and second admonition, reject. --Titus iii. 10.

2. (R. C. Ch.) One who having made a profession of Christian belief, deliberately and pertinaciously refuses to believe one or more of the articles of faith "determined by the authority of the universal church." --Addis & Arnold.

Syn: Heretic, Schismatic, Sectarian.

Usage: A heretic is one whose errors are doctrinal, and usually of a malignant character, tending to subvert the true faith. A schismatic is one who creates a schism, or division in the church, on points of faith, discipline, practice, etc., usually for the sake of personal aggrandizement. A sectarian is one who originates or is an ardent adherent and advocate of a sect, or distinct organization, which separates from the main body of believers.

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