Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who originates or is the chief proponent of a heresy or heretical movement.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A leader in heresy; an arch-heretic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A leader in heresy; the chief of a sect of heretics.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The founder of a
heresy , or a major ecclesiastical proponent of such a heresy.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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No, just the idea of heresiarch being female in those exact words, which appears to be original with me.
Making Light: Rowling's being sued for plagiarism again 2010
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Elchasai's brother, Iexai, and that the heresiarch was a Jew of the time of Trajan.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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"But tell me, my dear boy, is not this saint of yours, who preaches in secret, a kind of heresiarch?
The Saint Antonio Fogazzaro 1876
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Tom, I'm not claiming to have created "being female," or even to have created heresiarch, male or female created I not hir.
Making Light: Rowling's being sued for plagiarism again 2010
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David Dyer-Bennet @ 312: "let me know when the t-shirts which have nothing to do with heresiarch other than having been inspired by the brief confusion are ready!"
Making Light: Rowling's being sued for plagiarism again 2010
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Just for the record, heresiarch #947 was in fact replying to another David.
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David Harmon @ 953: "Just for the record, heresiarch #947 was in fact replying to another David."
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Michael Roberts @ 291: "I sit corrected, and heresiarch, sorry, I not only didn't know, I didn't know I didn't know."
Making Light: Rowling's being sued for plagiarism again 2010
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Xopher @ 298: "heresiarch, sorry, I thought you'd said that you were female here."
Making Light: Rowling's being sued for plagiarism again 2010
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Xopher @276 - I sit corrected, and heresiarch, sorry, I not only didn't know, I didn't know I didn't know.
Making Light: Rowling's being sued for plagiarism again 2010
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