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miscreance
[ mis-kree-uhns ]
/ ˈmɪs kri əns /
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noun
a misbelief or false religious faith.
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Words nearby miscreance
misconstruction, misconstrue, miscopy, miscounsel, miscount, miscreance, miscreancy, miscreant, miscreate, miscreated, miscue
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How to use miscreance in a sentence
But at present the Crescent was master of the Cross; and beyond the Pyrenees all was slavery and ‘miscreance.’
The Roman and the Teuton|Charles Kingsley
British Dictionary definitions for miscreance
miscreance
miscreancy
/ (ˈmɪskrɪəns) /
noun
archaic lack of religious belief or faith
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