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heresimach

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[huh-ree-zuh-mak, -suh-, her-uh-suh-] / həˈri zəˌmæk, -sə-, ˈhɛr ə sə- /

noun

  1. a person engaged in combating heresy and heretics.


Etymology

Origin of heresimach

1815–25; < Late Greek hairesimáchos, equivalent to Greek haíresi ( s ) heresy + mách ( ē ) quarrel, battle ( -machy ) + -os noun suffix