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- 4 dictionary resultsher⋅e⋅tic
[n. her-i-tik; adj. her-i-tik, huh-ret-ik] 
–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 haireîn to choose) + -ikos -ic
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 haireîn to choose) + -ikos -ic
Synonyms:
1. apostate, backslider, recreant, protestant. 3. dissenter, skeptic, freethinker.
1. apostate, backslider, recreant, protestant. 3. dissenter, skeptic, freethinker.
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| her·e·tic (hěr'ĭ-tĭk) 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
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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Language Translation for : heretic
Spanish:
hereje,
German:
der, *die Ketzer(in),
Japanese:
異端者
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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