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heresy
  1. (religion) A doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance with established religious beliefs, especially dissension from Roman Catholic dogma.
  2. A controversial or unorthodox opinion held by a member of a group, as in politics, philosophy or science.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “He was in early life a Dominican friar, but broke from his order and left Italy to avoid prosecution for heresy.”
      “Is it heresy to suggest that an occasional revival of his long-discredited but more glittery orchestration might not be such a crime?”
      “He undertook his mission of preaching against the heresy with relish but was soon forced to admit failure.”
heretic
  1. Someone who believes contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion they claim to belong to.
  2. A person with a belief structure or performs an action that the majority consider incorrect as it is different than the generally accepted.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “I am English, born in Britain, but I am referred to as a heretic, unbeliever, infidel, etc., because I am a Pagan.”
      “He was called a heretic and a rebel, but one who transformed his rebellion into art.”
      “He sought all his life to surpass his uncle, championing those labeled heretic by a vital capitalistic society.”
heresiarch
  1. The founder of a heresy, or a major ecclesiastical proponent of such a heresy.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The heresiarch challenged the established norms, constantly provoking others with their unconventional beliefs and actions.”
      “This was magnified by his opponent Eustathius into a correspondence and intercommunion between the archbishop and heresiarch.”
      “An attempt was then made to deal the new religion a fatal blow by the seizure and execution of the heresiarch, Mazdak.”
heresiologist
  1. One who studies heresiology, who studies heresy.
  2. Examples:
    1. “This presentation of Eusebius's lot gathers support from the renowned heresiologist of Salamis, Epiphanius.”
hereticide
  1. The killing of a heretic.
heresiographer
  1. one who writes about heresies
heresiography
  1. A treatise on heresy.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Theology, including works on heresiography in refutation of Batini doctrines.”
      “For this volume Michael Frassetto assembled many of the best minds in medieval heresiography.”
      “Keith Lewinstein has observed identifiable Eastern and Western traditions of heresiography.”
hereticalness
  1. The quality of being heretical.
hereticaster
  1. (obsolete) A petty or contemptible heretic.
heretike
  1. Archaic spelling of heretic.
heretick
  1. Obsolete form of heretic.
heresiarchy
  1. A chief or great heresy.
heresiology
  1. The study of heresy.
heresiac
  1. (very rare) heretic
heresiographers
  1. plural of heresiographer
heresiologists
  1. plural of heresiologist
heresiographies
  1. plural of heresiography
hereticasters
  1. plural of hereticaster
heresiarchies
  1. plural of heresiarchy
heresiarchs
hereticides
  1. plural of hereticide
heresiacs
  1. plural of heresiac
heretikes
  1. plural of heretike
hereticks
  1. plural of heretick
heretics
  1. plural of heretic
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  3. Examples:
    1. “As the three heretics walked to the gibbet, some young boys plunged sharp sticks through the cracks in the walkway.”
      “Simon is best known as the ruthless leader of the notorious Albigensian Crusade against the Cathar heretics of southern France.”
      “He was now in the service of a king who viewed Protestantism as a serious threat to the social order and who actively prosecuted heretics.”
heresies
  1. plural of heresy
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The only heresies he actually mentions are so unheretical that Colet is clearly well within the doctrinal framework of the traditional church.”
      “The Church must be watchful lest false teachers worm their way into the fellowship and spread damnable heresies.”
      “I am aware that between the second and the fourth centuries various gnostic heresies admitted women to all levels of priesthood.”
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