n.1 the holder of an unorthodox opinion.
2 hist. a person believing in or practising religious heresy.
Derivatives:
heretical adj. heretically adv.
Etymology: ME f. OF heretique f. eccl.L haereticus f. Gk hairetikos able to choose (as HERESY)
n.1 the holder of an unorthodox opinion.
2 hist. a person believing in or practising religious heresy.
Derivatives:
heretical adj. heretically adv.
Etymology: ME f. OF heretique f. eccl.L haereticus f. Gk hairetikos able to choose (as HERESY)
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012