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heretic
[ noun her-i-tik; adjective her-i-tik, huh-ret-ik ]
noun
- a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by their church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church.
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- Roman Catholic Church. a baptized Roman Catholic who willfully and persistently rejects any article of faith.
- anyone who does not conform to an established attitude, doctrine, or principle.
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adjective
heretic
/ ˈhɛrətɪk; hɪˈrɛtɪkəl /
noun
- RC Church a person who maintains beliefs contrary to the established teachings of the Church
- a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field
heretic
- One who challenges the doctrines of an established church (see also established church ). Martin Luther was proclaimed a heretic for rejecting many of the tenets of the Roman Catholic Church .
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Derived Forms
- ˈپ, adverb
- heretical, adjective
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- i··پ adjective noun
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I’m not even allowed to be here because I’m a heretic!
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He had turned his back on Islam, making himself a heretic in the eyes of many.
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And he doesn't necessarily hope to, he said, which "makes me a bit of a heretic."
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It is a field of study that the modern-day heretics who have signed the New York Declaration claim has been neglected, even ridiculed.
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He made waves in 2019 when he rescinded a pair of controversial rules banning baptisms for the children of gay parents and branding same-sex couples as heretics who could face excommunication.
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