hæresy

UK/ˈhɛɹəsi/UK/ˈhaɪɹəsi/

A form of heresy — A doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance or conflict with established religious beliefs.

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Meanings

nounhæresy (plural hæresies)

plural hæresies

  1. alternativearchaic or pedanticAlternative spelling of heresy.

    And Epiphaniusᵉ reports it to be a hæresy of the Osseni, that they sayd it was no sin etiamsi simulachra ipsos adorare contingat persequutionis tempore instante, si solum in Conscientiâ non adorent; to adore with their bodyes though their soules detested it was Idolatry, and to deny it was hæresy.

    c. 1637, Jeremy Taylor, On the Reverence due to the Altar
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