Heretic Definition

hĕrĭ-tĭk
heretics
noun
heretics
A person who professes a heresy; esp., a church member who holds beliefs opposed to church dogma.
Webster's New World

Someone who, in the opinion of others, believes contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion he claims to belong to.

Wiktionary
adjective
Webster's New World
Heretical.
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Other Word Forms of Heretic

Noun

Singular:
heretic
Plural:
heretics

Origin of Heretic

  • Middle English heretik from Old French heretique from Late Latin haereticus from Greek hairetikos able to choose, factious from hairetos chosen from haireisthai to choose heresy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English, from Old French eretique, from Medieval Latin haereticus, from Ancient Greek αἱρετικός (hairetikos, “able to choose, factious”)

    From Wiktionary

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