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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024he•ret•i•cal (hə ret′i kəl),USA pronunciation adj. - of, pertaining to, or characteristic of heretics or heresy.
- Medieval Latin haereticālis. See heretic, -al1
- late Middle English 1375–1425
he•ret′i•cal•ly, adv. he•ret′i•cal•ness, n. unorthodox, unconventional, dissident, radical. WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024her•e•tic /ˈhɛrɪtɪk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Religiona person who claims to believe in a church but holds opinions opposed to those of the church.
- a person who does not believe in an established view or doctrine.
he•ret•i•cal /həˈrɛtɪkəl/USA pronunciation adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024her•e•tic (n. her′i tik;adj. her′i tik, hə ret′ik),USA pronunciation n. - Religiona professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church.
- Religion[Rom. Cath. Ch.]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.
adj. - heretical.
- Greek hairetikós able to choose (Late Greek: heretical), equivalent. to hairet(ós) that may be taken (verbal adjective, adjectival of haireîn to choose) + -ikos -ic
- Late Latin haereticus
- Middle French heretique
- Middle English heretik 1300–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged apostate, backslider, recreant, protestant.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dissenter, skeptic, freethinker.
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