hæretic

A form of heretic — Someone whose beliefs are contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion they claim to belong to.

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Meanings

nounhæretic (plural hæretics)

plural hæretics

  1. archaicArchaic spelling of heretic.

    That turbulent hæretic proclaimed the law of nature, the community of goods, and the community of women ; and the Persian monarch was insane enough to enact that anarchy by law, for which his subjects very properly deposed him and put him in prison.

    1829, Algernon Herbert, Nimrod, page 525
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