Meaning of HERETIC
| Pronunciation: | | [adj]he'retik, [n]'heritik, 'herutik
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- [n] a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church
- [n] a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion)
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| | Synonyms: | | misbeliever, religious outcast |
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| | See Also: | | castaway, Ishmael, nonconformist, outcast, pariah, recusant | |
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| | Definition: | | Heretic
The third volume of Bernard Cornwell`s Grail Quest series begins in 1347, when an archer named Thomas, who has long sought the legendary Holy Grail, travels with a group of soldiers to his father`s ancestral land to take possession of a castle there--hoping in the process to capture his cousin Guy, who caused Thomas`s father`s death. The ensuing battles and intrigues pit Thomas against not only the vile Guy but the power of the Church--in particular, a crooked bishop who is also seeking the Grail. more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Her"e*tic\, n. [L. haereticus, Gr. ? able to choose,
heretical, fr. ? to take, choose: cf. F. h['e]r['e]tique. See
{Heresy}.]
1. One who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine
contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion.
A man that is an heretic, after the first and second
admonition, reject. --Titus iii.
10.
2. (R. C. Ch.) 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.'' --Addis & Arnold.
Syn: {Heretic}, {Schismatic}, {Sectarian}.
Usage: A heretic is one whose errors are doctrinal, and
usually of a malignant character, tending to subvert
the true faith. A schismatic is one who creates a
schism, or division in the church, on points of faith,
discipline, practice, etc., usually for the sake of
personal aggrandizement. A sectarian is one who
originates or is an ardent adherent and advocate of a
sect, or distinct organization, which separates from
the main body of believers.
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| | Related Terms: | | Albigensian, antinomian, apostate, Arian, beatnik, Bohemian, Cathar, defector, deviant, deviationist, dissenter, dissident, Donatist, dropout, Ebionite, emanationist, Erastian, flower child, freak, Gnostic, hippie, hylotheist, iconoclast, infidel, Jansenist, Lollard, Manichaean, maverick, misbeliever, misfit, Monophysite, Montanist, nonconformist, nonjuror, original, pantheist, Pelagian, recreant, recusant, renegade, revisionist, Sabellian, schismatic, sectarian, sectary, separatist, swinger, ugly duckling, unbeliever, unconformist, Waldensian, Wyclifite, yippie |
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