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Grammar : Noun
Spell : noun her-i-tik; adjective her-i-tik, huh-ret-ik
Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈhɛr ɪ tɪk; adjective ˈhɛr ɪ tɪk, həˈrɛt ɪk



Définition of heretic

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from Old French eretique (14c., Modern French hérétique), from Church Latin haereticus, from Greek hairetikos "able to choose," the verbal adjective of hairein (see heresy).
  • noun schismatic
Example sentences :
  • And first, Mr. Blindman, the foreman, said: I see clearly that this man is a heretic.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • Doctors of divinity said, "He is a heretic; he contradicts the Bible."
  • Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various
  • People of the only true faith cannot bear to be governed by a heretic nation.
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • So long as a heretic power is at the head, so long Ireland will be discontented.
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • Heretic he may be, but he has the trust of Ramon Rotil, and of me.
  • Extract from : « The Treasure Trail » by Marah Ellis Ryan
  • But this Castro—this Andalou, who is nearly as bad as a heretic!
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • The interrogating miscreant on this said, "Why, thy father is a heretic!"
  • Extract from : « Fox's Book of Martyrs » by John Foxe
  • He desired a horse, but his conductors said, in derision, A horse for a heretic!
  • Extract from : « Fox's Book of Martyrs » by John Foxe
  • She was a heretic whom any Court of Love must excommunicate.
  • Extract from : « Little Novels of Italy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
  • And they're getting so sthrict too about having fair play for the heretic childer!
  • Extract from : « Stories of Comedy » by Various

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