heresiarch

[ huh-ree-zee-ahrk, -see-, her-uh-see- ]

noun

1. a leader in heresy; the leader of a heretical sect.

heresiarch

/ hɪˈriːzɪˌɑːk /

noun

1. the leader or originator of a heretical movement or sect

Word History and Origins

Origin of heresiarch¹

1615–25; < Late Latin haeresiarcha < Greek hairesiarchḗs the leader of a school, equivalent to haíresi ( s ) heresy + -archēs -arch

Example Sentences

I have translated almost every word of the Heresiarch dispute, and the soliloquy of the god Crepitus, etc.

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"Heresiarch recant, or leave the school:" A recantation proved the knave no fool.

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In 1125 the Church in the south of Russia had to combat another heresiarch named Dmitri.

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It was also the mob who, infuriated at seeing him destroy and burn crosses, burnt the heresiarch Peter of Bruis (c. 1140).

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He was however induced to return to Italy, and arrested as an heresiarch and apostate at Venice, Sept. 1592.

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