Synonyms for heresiarch
- noun
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Definitions
- n. 1
The founder of a heresy, or a major ecclesiastical proponent of such a heresy.
Forms
- Plural
- heresiarchs → arch-heretics…
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A heresiarch is the author of a heresy or the leader of a heretical party, and is thus at once a heretic and a schismatic.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
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| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
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| heresiarch | steady |
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