heresiarch
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of heresiarch
1615–25; < Late Latin haeresiarcha < Greek hairesiarchḗs the leader of a school, equivalent to haíresi ( s ) heresy + -archēs -arch
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The fate of the heresiarch made a great impression on the Emperor, who had himself but a short time to live.
From Saint Athanasius The Father of Orthodoxy by F. A. (Frances Alice) Forbes
Colendion was afterwards banished by the Emperor Zeno, and had to yield to the old heresiarch, Peter Fullo, who kept his patriarchate to his death in 488, and was succeeded by the equally heretical Palladius.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Thomas W. Allies
Martino del Prete, the chief heresiarch, had a black cat as large as a lamb, which he declared to be the best friend he had on earth.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea
He is constantly provocative of adverse, even of severe criticism; of half the heresies from which he has suffered—not only that of impressionism—he was himself the unconscious heresiarch.
From A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by George Saintsbury
A heresiarch is the author of a heresy or the leader of a heretical party, and is thus at once a heretic and a schismatic.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald
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