hæresiarch

A form of heresiarch — The founder of a heresy, or a major ecclesiastical proponent of such a heresy.

Meanings

nounhæresiarch (plural hæresiarchs)

plural hæresiarchs

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of heresiarch (alternative form of haeresiarch).

    He died in 1223, and seems to have had no successor; not is it an ascertained point that more than one such hæresiarch was ever recognized.

    1838, James Henthorn Todd, “Note D.—See Lecture I. p. 34. The Fratricelli, and Beguins.”, in Discourses on the Prophecies Relating to Antichrist in the Writings of Daniel and St. Paul; […], Dublin: Printed at the University Press; London: J. G. F. and J. Rivington; […], published 1840, →OCLC, footnote h, pages 463–464
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