1. heretic - Noun
2. heretic - Adjective
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 dictionaryAccording 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