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noun
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a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church.
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Roman Catholic Church. a baptized Roman Catholic who willfully and persistently rejects any article of faith.
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anyone who does not conform to an established attitude, doctrine, or principle.
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Heretic
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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English heretik < Middle French heretique < Late Latin haereticus < Greek hairetikós able to choose (Late Greek: heretical), equivalent to hairet(ós) that may be taken (verbal adjective of haireîn to choose) + -ikos -ic
1300–50; Middle English heretik < Middle French heretique < Late Latin haereticus < Greek hairetikós able to choose (Late Greek: heretical), equivalent to hairet(ós) that may be taken (verbal adjective of haireîn to choose) + -ikos -ic
Related forms
sem·i·her·e·tic, adjective, noun
Synonyms
1. apostate, backslider, recreant, protestant. 3. dissenter, skeptic, freethinker.
1. apostate, backslider, recreant, protestant. 3. dissenter, skeptic, freethinker.
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Example Sentences
- The church burned him at the stake as a heretic.
- As a heretic he could not be given a proper church burial.
- Church leaders, who have labeled Headley a heretic, dispute his story and say he was an incompetent troublemaker.
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Word Origin & History
heretic
early 14c., from Fr. hérétique (14c.), from Church L. hereticus, from Gk. hairetikos "able to choose," the verbal adj. of hairein (see heresy).
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Cultural Dictionary
heretic definition
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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