heretic

Speech parts

1. heretic - Noun

2. heretic - Adjective

Meaning

One who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion.

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."

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sectarian separatist dissident nonconformist schismatic misbeliever gentile godless arian maverick bohemian anabaptist infidel iconoclast cynic
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Antonyms

member optimist friend associate champion ally
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Hypernyms

Ishmael castaway outcast pariah nonconformist recusant

Phrases with the word

heretic's fork open heretic outright heretic

Anagrams

chierte techier erethic etheric heteric

Examples

According to Ashokavadana, as a result of this order, his own brother was mistaken for a heretic and killed by a cowherd. Source: Internet

After 1567, with the execution of Pietro Carnesecchi, an allegedly leading heretic, the Holy Office moved to broaden concerns beyond that of theological matters, such as love magic, witchcraft, superstitions, and cultural morality. Source: Internet

According to Maimonides, any Jew who rejects even one of these principles would be considered an apostate and a heretic. Source: Internet

Although some of St Petersburg's top clergy accepted Rasputin as a living prophet, others angrily denounced him as a fraud and a heretic. Source: Internet

Cauchon declared her a relapsed heretic, and she was burned at the stake two days later on 30 May 1431. Source: Internet

A formal heretic, they say, cannot be the Catholic pope. citation. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

heresy heresyphobia Hereth heretic's fork heretical hereticality