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IPA transcription: ['hɛɹətɪk]
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Noun
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a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church
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a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion)
Usage examples
- This meeting was described in Matthew Stewart's "The Courtier and the Heretic".
- In this capacity he persecuted heretics at Akmoneia.
- Also, he directed Samuel ha-Katan to write another paragraph against informers and heretics.
- Deviations from such patterns are sometimes considered unacceptable or heretical.
- Therefore, Farinata appears with several other atheists and heretics in Dante's "Inferno".
- The Synod prohibited the use of many heretic books.
- Abstention from the use of wine has, occasionally, been declared obligatory by heretics.
- Due to his rising influence, many heretics escaped severe punishment.
- He refused to compromise with Lutheranism theologically, demanding Luther's condemnation as a heretic.
- He was burned as a heretic in the hippodrome of Constantinople.