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.
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A man that is an heretic, after the first and second
admonition, reject. --Titus iii.
10.
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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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
heretic
n 1: a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the
dogma of the Roman Catholic Church [syn: misbeliever,
religious outcast]
2: a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not
merely religion)
WordNet (r) 2.0
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "heretic":
Albigensian, Arian, Bohemian, Cathar, Donatist, Ebionite, Erastian,
Gnostic, Jansenist, Lollard, Manichaean, Monophysite, Montanist,
Pelagian, Sabellian, Waldensian, Wyclifite, antinomian, apostate,
beatnik, defector, deviant, deviationist, dissenter, dissident,
dropout, emanationist, flower child, freak, hippie, hylotheist,
iconoclast, infidel, maverick, misbeliever, misfit, nonconformist,
nonjuror, original, pantheist, recreant, recusant, renegade,
revisionist, schismatic, sectarian, sectary, separatist, swinger,
ugly duckling, unbeliever, unconformist, yippie
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
misbeliever, religious outcast
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