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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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Origin of miscreance

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