miscreance

American  

[mis-kree-uhns] / ˈmɪs kri əns /

noun

1. a misbelief or false religious faith.

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miscreance British  

/ ˈmɪskrɪəns /

noun

1. archaic lack of religious belief or faith

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Etymology

Origin of miscreance

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French mescreance, equivalent to mes- mis- ¹ + creance < Vulgar Latin *crēdentia credence

Example Sentences

There may be any quantity of intermediate mind, in various conditions of bog; some, wholesome Scotch peat,—some, Pontine marsh,—some, sulphurous slime, like what people call water in English manufacturing towns; but the elements of Croyance and Mescroyance are always chemically separable out of the putrescent mess: by the faith that is in it, what life or good it can still keep, or do, is possible; by the miscreance in it, what mischief it can do, or annihilation it can suffer, is appointed for its work and fate.

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