heresiarch

American  

[huh-ree-zee-ahrk, -see-, her-uh-see-] / həˈri ziˌɑrk, -si-, ˈhɛr ə si- /

noun

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

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heresiarch British  

/ hɪˈriːzɪˌɑːk /

noun

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

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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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Example Sentences

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heresiarch

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

Soon afterwards the heresiarch was arrested, brought before the bishop of Toulouse, and probably imprisoned for life.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

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 John William Burgon

The Christian religion had found its way thither; there had been Christian congregations and bishops, and even a heresiarch.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

Here was an anonymous person who, as Newman described it, "calls one pope a weak and venal dunce, and another a sacrilegious swindler, an infamous convict, and an heresiarch ex cathedrâ."

From The History of Freedom by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton

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