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heresiarch
[ huh-ree-zee-ahrk, -see-, her-uh-see- ]
noun
- a leader in heresy; the leader of a heretical sect.
heresiarch
/ hɪˈriːzɪˌɑːk /
noun
- the leader or originator of a heretical movement or sect
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Word History and Origins
Origin of heresiarch1
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Example Sentences
I have translated almost every word of the Heresiarch dispute, and the soliloquy of the god Crepitus, etc.
"Heresiarch recant, or leave the school:" A recantation proved the knave no fool.
In 1125 the Church in the south of Russia had to combat another heresiarch named Dmitri.
It was also the mob who, infuriated at seeing him destroy and burn crosses, burnt the heresiarch Peter of Bruis (c. 1140).
He was however induced to return to Italy, and arrested as an heresiarch and apostate at Venice, Sept. 1592.
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