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.

From Project Gutenberg

But at present the Crescent was master of the Cross; and beyond the Pyrenees all was slavery and ‘miscreance.’

From Project Gutenberg