heresimach

[ huh-ree-zuh-mak, -suh-, her-uh-suh- ]

noun

1. a person engaged in combating heresy and heretics.

Word History and Origins

Origin of heresimach¹

1815–25; < Late Greek hairesimáchos, equivalent to Greek haíresi ( s ) heresy + mách ( ē ) quarrel, battle ( -machy ) + -os noun suffix