About The Word Heretic
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Heretic Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Heretic?
[n] a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church
[n] a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion) Synonyms | Synonyms for Heretic: misbeliever | religious outcast Related Terms | Find terms related to Heretic: Albigensian | antinomian | apostate | Arian | beatnik | Bohemian | Cathar | defector | deviant | deviationist | dissenter | dissident | Donatist | dropout | Ebionite | emanationist | Erastian | flower child | freak | Gnostic | hippie | hylotheist | iconoclast | infidel | Jansenist | Lollard | Manichaean | maverick | misbeliever | misfit | Monophysite | Montanist | nonconformist | nonjuror | original | pantheist | Pelagian | recreant | recusant | renegade | revisionist | Sabellian | schismatic | sectarian | sectary | separatist | swinger | ugly duckling | unbeliever | unconformist | Waldensian | Wyclifite | yippie See Also | castaway | Ishmael | nonconformist | outcast | pariah | recusant Heretic In Webster's Dictionary \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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