heresiarch

[ huh-ree-zee-ahrk, -see-, her-uh-see- ]

noun
  1. a leader in heresy; the leader of a heretical sect.

Origin of heresiarch

1
1615–25; <Late Latin haeresiarcha<Greek hairesiarchḗs the leader of a school, equivalent to haíresi(s) heresy + -archēs-arch

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heresiarch

/ (hɪˈriːzɪˌɑːk) /


noun
  1. the leader or originator of a heretical movement or sect

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