heretic
noun
a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by their church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church.
heretics
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pluralof heretic.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The most riveting parts of “Mobilize” are those that bring Mr. Sankar’s heretics to life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
But while Dante walked through a rain of fire, dodging heretics, we ambled through dappled wood of chestnut and tractor-marked dirt tracks, hugging fields and mountain ridges.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2021
They were considered heretics by IS, a Sunni jihadist group.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2021
Initially a slur against heretics, the term “Protestant” was soon embraced by those followers, who used it as a defiant badge of honor.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
All night, I slept with Gwenforte curled beside me, and my sleep was deeper than any I had had since my disaster with the heretics in Italy.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
