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heresiarch

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he⋅re⋅si⋅arch

  [huh-ree-zee-ahrk, -see-, her-uh-see-]
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–noun
a leader in heresy; the leader of a heretical sect.
Origin:
1615–25; < LL haeresiarcha < Gk hairesiarchs the leader of a school, equiv. to haíresi(s) heresy + -archēs -arch
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he·re·si·arch   (hə-rē'zē-ärk', hěr'ĭ-sē-)   
n.  One who originates or is the chief proponent of a heresy or heretical movement.

[Late Latin haeresiarcha, from Late Greek hairesiarkhēs : Greek hairesis, sect; see heresy + Greek -arkhēs, -arch.]
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