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
Example Sentences
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Another very important testimony to the genuineness of the concluding part of S. Mark's Gospel is furnished by the unhesitating manner in which Nestorius, the heresiarch, quotes ver.
From The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark by Burgon, John William
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 Fernald, James Champlin
All their efforts might well be needed, for Peter was succeeded by a yet more formidable heresiarch.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles
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 Allies, Thomas W.
But four crusades, directed by the bishop of Vercelli, were required to reduce the little army of the heresiarch, entrenched in the mountains in the neighbourhood of Vercelli.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
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