HERETIC


Meaning of HERETIC in English

n. 1 the holder of an unorthodox opinion. 2 hist. a person believing in or practising religious heresy. heretical adj. heretically adv.

[ ME f. OF heretique f. eccl.L haereticus f. Gk hairetikos able to choose (as HERESY) ]

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