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Bookmark or Share- Heretic Definition & Meaning - Merriam-WebsterThe meaning of HERETIC is a person who differs in opinion from established religious dogma; especially : a baptized member of the Roman Catholic Church who refuses to acknowledge or accept a revealed truth. How to use heretic in a sentence.
- HERETIC Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.comnoun. a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by their church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church. Synonyms: backslider, Protestant, recreant, apostate. Roman Catholic Church. a baptized Roman Catholic who willfully and persistently rejects any article of faith.
- HERETIC | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionarysomeone who has an opinion that is opposite to or against the official or popular opinion: He complained that anyone who challenges an assumption about global warming gets branded a heretic. When he began to enunciate his views, Friedman was largely considered a heretic.
- Heresy | Definition, History, & Examples | Britannicaheresy, theological doctrine or system rejected as false by ecclesiastical authority. The Greek word hairesis (from which heresy is derived) was originally a neutral term that signified merely the holding of a particular set of philosophical opinions. Once appropriated by Christianity, however, the term heresy began to convey a note of disapproval.
- Heretic Definition & Meaning | Britannica DictionaryBritannica Dictionary definition of HERETIC. [count] : someone who believes or teaches something that goes against accepted or official beliefs. The church regards them as heretics.
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