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Heretic

Definitions: Heretic

Heretic

Noun

1. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church.

2. A person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "heretic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Heretic

DomainDefinitions

Literature

Heretic means "one who chooses," and heresy means simply "a choice." A heretic is one who chooses his own creed, and does not adopt the creed authorised by the national church. (Greek, hairesis, choice.)
HERETICS OF THE FIRST CENTURY were the Simonians (so called from Simon Magus), Cerinthians (Cerinthus), Ebionites (Ebion), and Nicolaitans (Nicholas, deacon of Antioch).
SECOND CENTURY: The Basilidians (Basilides), Carpocratians (Carpocrates), Valentinians (Valentinus), Gnostics (Knowing Ones), Nazarenes, Millenarians, Cainites (Cain), Sethians (Seth), Quartodecimans (who kept Easter on the fourteenth day of the first month), Cerdonians (Cerdon), Marcionites (Marcion), Montanists (Montanus), Tatianists (Tatian), Alogians (who denied the "Word"), Artotyrites (q.v.), and Angelies (who worshipped angels).
Tatianists belong to the third or fourth century. The Tatian of the second century was a Platonic philosopher who wrote Discourses in good Greek; Tatian the heretic lived in the third or fourth century, and wrote very bad Greek. The two men were widely different in every respect, and the authority of the heretic for `four gospels" is of no worth.
THIRD CENTURY: The Patri-passians, Arabaci, Aquarians, Novatians, Origenists (followers of Origen), Melchisedechians (who believed Melchisedec was the Messiah), Sabellians (from Sabellius), and Manicheans (followers of Mani).
FOURTH CENTURY: The A'rians (from Arius), Colluthians (Colluthus), Macedonians, Agne'tæ, Apollinarians (Apollinaris), Timotheans (Timothy, the apostle), Collyridians (who offered cakes to the Virgin Mary), Seleucians (Seleucius), Priscillians (Priscillian), Anthropomorphites (who ascribed to God a human form), Jovinianists (Jovinian), Messalians, and Bonosians (Bonosus).
FIFTH CENTURY: The Pelagians (Pelagius), Nestorians (Nestorius), Eutychians (Eutychus), Theo-paschites (who said all the three persons of the Trinity suffered on the cross).
SIXTH CENTURY: The Predestinarians, Incorruptibilists (who maintained that the body of Christ was incorruptible), the new Agnoe'tæ (who maintained that Christ did not know when the day of judgment would take place), and the Monothelites (who maintained that Christ had but one will). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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Specialty Definition: Heretic

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A heretic is a person guilty of heresy.

Heretic is a first-person shooter video game created by Raven Software, published by Id Software, and distributed by GT Interactive in 1994.

It uses a modified DOOM engine, which allows up- and down views.

In 1999, Raven published the source code of Heretic.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Heretic."

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Synonyms: Heretic

Synonyms: misbeliever (n), religious outcast (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Heretic

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Dissent

Dissentient, dissenter; non-juror, non-content, nonconformist; sectary, separatist, recusant, schismatic, protestant, heretic.

Heterodoxy

Heretic, apostate, antichrist; pagan, heathen; painim, paynim; giaour; gentile; pantheist, polytheist; idolator.

Incredulity

Unbeliever, skeptic, cynic; misbeliever., pyrrhonist; heretic; (heterodox).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Heretic

English words defined with "heretic": Diet of WormsHereticateNestorianTindal, Tindale, TyndaleWilliam Tindal, William Tindale, William Tyndale. (references)
Specialty definitions using "heretic": GrangousierScience PersecutedVirgilius. (references)
Etymologies containing "heretic": Bugger. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Heretic" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Welsh (heretic).

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Modern Usage: Heretic

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Heretic, you shall not pass! (Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver; writing credit: Amy Hennig)

I the, arch heretic, am reformer Stanley Tweedle. (Lexx: The Dark Zone; writing credit: Paul Donovan; Lex Gigeroff)

They probably would have burned me at the stake as a heretic or something. (Back to the Future Part III; writing credit: Robert Zemeckis; Bob Gale)

Movie/TV Titles

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

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Commercial Usage: Heretic

DomainTitle

Books

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

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Familiar Quotations: Heretic

AuthorQuotation

Edwin Markham

He drew a circle that shut me out. Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win, We drew a circle that took him in.

William Cowper Brann

An heretic . . . is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Heretic

TitleAuthorQuote

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

He said Bruno was a terrible heretic.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Heretic

"Heretic" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Heretic" is used about 63 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%6342,364

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Heretic

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Modern Translations: Heretic

Language Translations for "heretic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

heretik (heretical, misbeliever). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏الكافر (unbeliever), ‏المهرطق, ‏المنشق عن عقيدة, ‏الملحد (atheist, unbeliever). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

еретик (misbeliever, whore master). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

異教' (heathen), 异端. (various references)

   

Czech

  

heretik, kacíř, bludař (misbeliever). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

ketter. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

herezulo. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

فاسدالعقیده , مرتد (Apostate, Heterodox, Pervert, Relapse, Renegade), رافضی , بدعت گذار (Innovator). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

harhaoppinen (heretical), vääräoppinen, kerettiläinen (heretical). (various references)

   

French

  

hérétique (heretical). (various references)

   

German

  

ketzer (heretics). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αιρετικόσ (heretical, nonconformist, sectarian). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

פוקר, אפיקורוס (sceptic), כפרן (atheist). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

eretnek (heretical, sectarian, sectary). (various references)

   

Italian

  

eretico (heretical). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

異端者 , 異教' (pagan). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

いた"しゃ, いきょうと (pagan). (various references)

   

Manx

  

shaghrynagh veih credjue, farchredjaltagh (heretical). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

kjetter. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eretichay

   

Portuguese

  

heresia (heresy, misbelief), herege (heretical, misbestow), herético (heretical, heretofore, miscreant). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

eretic (heretical). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

еретик (misbeliever, miscreant). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

otpadnik (apostate, expellee, recreant, renegade, runagate, schismatic, turncoat), jeretik (lollard, schism). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

hereje (misbeliever, miscreant). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

kättare. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kâfir (blasphemer, blasphemous, heathen, infidel, misbeliever, profane, unbeliever, unbelieving), geleneklere ters kimse. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

"ретик (humanitarian, misbeliever). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

người theo dị giáo. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

heretic. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Heretic

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

hereticum. (various references)

Old English450-1100

gedwolmann. (various references)

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Bible Trace: Heretic

LanguageDateSourceTitus Chapter 3, Verse 10
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintAiretikon anqrwpon meta mian kai deuteran nouqesian paraitou
Latin405VulgateHereticum hominem post unam et secundam correptionem devita
Middle English1395WyclifEschewe thou a man eretik, aftir oon and the secound correccioun;
Renaissance English1526TyndaleA ma that is geue to heresie after the fyrst and the seconde admonicion avoyde
Jacobean English1611King JamesA man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;
Victorian English1833WebsterA man that is a heretic, after the first and second admonition, reject;
Basic English1964OgdenA man whose opinions are not those of the church, after a first and second protest, is to be kept out of your society;

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Matched Bible Translations: Heretic

LanguageTitus Chapter 3, Verse 10
Bulgarian'инаги благодаря на моя Бог, когато те споменавам в молитвите си,
CebuanoAng tawo nga malalison, tapus nimo siya katambagi sa makausa o makaduha, igasalikway mo siya,
Chinese分 門 結 黨 的 人 、 警 ' 過 一 兩 次 、 就 要 棄 絕 他 .
CroatianS krivovjercem nakon prvoga i drugog upozorenja prekini
DanishEt kættersk Menneske skal du afvise efter een og to Ganges Påmindelse,
DutchVerwerp een kettersen mens na de eerste en tweede vermaning;
FinnishHarhaoppista ihmistä karta, varoitettuasi häntä kerran tai kahdesti,
FrenchÉloigne de toi, après un premier et un second avertissement, celui qui provoque des divisions,
GermanEinen ketzerischen Menschen meide, wenn er einmal und abermals ermahnt ist,
Haitian CreoleSi yon moun vle mete divizyon, pale avè l' yon premye fwa, yon dezyèm fwa. Si li pa koute ou, pa okipe li.
HungarianAz eretnek embert egy vagy két intés után kerüld;
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariOrang yang menyebabkan perpecahan dalam jemaat, hendaklah engkau tegur satu dua kali; sesudah itu janganlah lagi bergaul dengan dia.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaAdapun orang yang mengadakan mazhab kemudian daripada nasehat sekali dua, tolakkanlah dia,
ItalianDopo una o due ammonizioni st lontano da chi è fazioso,
Korean이 단 에 속 한 사 람 을 한 두 번 훈 계 한 후 에 멀 리 하 라
LatvianVienreiz un otrreiz pamâcîjis, izvairies arî no cilvçka, kas piekrît maldu mâcîbâm,
MaoriKo te tangata whakapono he, ka kotahi, ka rua nga whakatupatotanga, whakarerea atu;
Modern GreekΑιρετικον ανθρωπον μετα μιαν και δευτεραν νουθεσιαν παραιτου,
NorwegianEt menneske som gir sig av med vranglære, skal du vise fra dig, efterat du har formant ham én gang og én gang til,
PortugueseAo homem faccioso, depois da primeira e segunda admoestação, evita-o,   
RumanianDupq kntkia wi a doua mustrare, depqrteazq-te de cel ce aduce dezbinqri,
RussianеТЕФЙЛБ, ПУМЕ ЕТЧПЗП Й ЧФПТПЗП ЧТБЪХНМЕОЙС, ПФЧТБЭБКУС,
ShuarShuar tsanumprur yajauch Enentáimtunaimtikiana nu chicharkata. Antachkuinkia ataksha chicharkata. Tura penké tujinkiamka jiiki akupkata.
SpanishDespués de una y otra amonestación, rechaza al hombre que causa divisiones,
SwahiliMtu anayesababisha mafarakano mpe onyo la kwanza na la pili, kisha achana naye.
SwedishEn man som kommer partisöndring åstad må du visa ifrån dig, sedan du en eller två gånger har förmanat honom; >Matt. 18:17. Rom. 16:17. 2 Tess. 3:6. 2 Tim. 3:5. 2 Joh. v. 10.
Thaiคนใ"ๆที่ยุให้แตกนิกายกัน เมื่อไ"้ตักเตือนเขาหนหนึ่งและสองหนแล้ว ก็จงปฏิเสธ
UkrainianЛюдини "ретика, по першім та другім наставленні, відрікайся,
UmaAne ria tauna to mpobabehi pogaaa' hi ompi' -ompi' hampepangalaa' -ta, tanee' -ra nte hangkani ba rongkani. Ane uma oa' rabahakai, neo' -pi nupiliu-ra mpotudui' ntodea.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Heretic

Derivations

Words beginning with "heretic": heretical, heretically, heretics. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Heretic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: haemic, hebetic, heiretic, henetic, heratic, hereic, Hereric, heret, heretec, heretick, Herewi, heritic, herotic, hertic, heuretic, hieretic, Horabik, Horelick, meretrix, rhaetic. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Heretic"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "heretic" (pronounced he"rutik)
3-t i kacetic, acoustic, acrobatic, aerobatic, aesthetic, agnostic, alphabetic, altruistic, amniotic, anachronistic, analytic, anesthetic, antagonistic, Antarctic, antibiotic, antic, anticlimactic, antiseptic, aortic, apathetic, apocalyptic, apologetic, apoplectic, aquatic, arctic, aristocratic, arithmetic, aromatic, arthritic, artistic, ascetic, asthmatic, astronautic, asymptomatic, atavistic, atheistic, athletic, attic, authentic, autistic, autocratic, automatic, axiomatic, ballistic, bombastic, bureaucratic, capitalistic, catalytic, cathartic, caustic, chaotic, characteristic, charismatic, chauvinistic, chiropractic, cinematic, climactic, climatic, coloristic, cosmetic, critic, cryptic, cultic, cystic, democratic, dendritic, despotic, deterministic, diabetic, diagnostic, diagrammatic, dialectic, diamagnetic, didactic, dietetic, diplomatic, diuretic, dogmatic, domestic, dramatic, drastic, drumstick, dualistic, dynastic, ecclesiastic, eclectic, ecliptic, ecstatic, elastic, electrolytic, electromagnetic, electrostatic, emblematic, emetic, empathetic, emphatic, energetic, enigmatic, enthusiastic, enzymatic, epigenetic, epileptic, erotic, erratic, euphemistic, evangelistic, exotic, expressionistic, extragalactic, fanatic, fantastic, fatalistic, ferromagnetic, feudalistic, fiberoptic, frantic, frenetic, futuristic, galactic, genetic, geomagnetic, gigantic, granitic, gymnastic, halophytic, hectic, hedonistic, hemolytic, hepatic, hermaphroditic, holistic, homeostatic, homiletic, humanistic, hyperkinetic, hypnotic, iconoclastic, idealistic, idiomatic, idiosyncratic, idiotic, imperialistic, impressionistic, individualistic, inelastic, interscholastic, jingoistic, journalistic, kinesthetic, kinetic, lactic, legalistic, linguistic, logistic, lymphatic, magnetic, majestic, masochistic, materialistic, mathematic, mechanistic, melodramatic, militaristic, monastic, monochromatic, monopolistic, moralistic, mystic, narcissistic, narcotic, nationalistic, naturalistic, neritic, neurotic, novelistic, numismatic, oligopolistic, onomastic, operatic, opportunistic, optic, optimistic, orthodontic, pancreatic, pantheistic, paralytic, paramagnetic, parasitic, parasympathetic, parthenogenetic, paternalistic, pathetic, patriotic, patristic, pectic, pedantic, peptic, peripatetic, pessimistic, phonetic, phosphatic, plastic, pluralistic, pneumatic, poetic, polytheistic, porphyritic, posttraumatic, pragmatic, primitivistic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, propagandistic, prophetic, prophylactic, prostatic, prosthetic, psychoanalytic, psychosomatic, psychotherapeutic, psychotic, puristic, quixotic, realistic, relativistic, rheumatic, ritualistic, robotic, romantic, rustic, sadistic, sarcastic, schematic, scholastic, semantic, semiautomatic, semiotic, sensationalistic, septic, simplistic, skeptic, socialistic, static, statistic, stylistic, surrealistic, sycophantic, symbiotic, sympathetic, symptomatic, synergistic, synthetic, systematic, tactic, technocratic, terroristic, thematic, theocratic, therapeutic, thermoplastic, thrombolytic, transatlantic, traumatic, triptych, unapologetic, unauthentic, uncharacteristic, undemocratic, undiplomatic, unenthusiastic, unpatriotic, unrealistic, unsympathetic, voyeuristic.

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Anagrams: Heretic

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: erethic, etheric, techier.

Words within the letters "c-e-e-h-i-r-t"

-1 letter: cerite, cither, either, etcher, recite, techie, thrice, tierce.

-2 letters: cheer, chert, citer, erect, ether, ethic, ither, recti, retch, retie, terce, their, there, three, trice.

-3 letters: cere, cete, chit, cire, cite, eche, etch, etic, heir, here, hire, itch, rete, rice, rich, rite, thee, thir, tier, tire, tree.

-4 letters: cee, chi, ere, eth, her, het, hic, hie, hit, ice, ich, ire, rec, ree, rei, ret, tee, the, tic, tie.

-5 letters: eh, er, et, he, hi, it, re, ti.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-e-h-i-r-t"
 

+1 letter: aetheric, chertier, chestier, heretics, hermetic, herpetic, hetaeric, tetchier.

 

+2 letters: cheeriest, chertiest, chittered, heretical, heterotic, kvetchier, phrenetic, reechiest, sketchier, stenchier, theoretic, thickener.

 

+3 letters: aphaeretic, bewitchery, bitcheries, botcheries, butcheries, catechizer, charioteer, christened, ciphertext, cutcheries, enrichment, exothermic, flichtered, hatcheries, hectoliter, helicopter, heretrices, heritrices, hermetical, hysteretic, incoherent, intrenched, intrenches, perithecia, preachiest, preethical, rechristen, restitched, restitches, reteaching, ricocheted, spirochete, stretchier, thearchies, thickeners, witcheries.

 

+4 letters: atherogenic, bleacherite, catechizers, catheterize, champerties, chanticleer, charcuterie, charioteers, chemistries, cholesteric, ciphertexts, ectothermic, endothermic, enrichments, entrenching, eurythermic, hectoliters, helicopters, heliometric, hemstitcher, heptarchies, heretically, hermeneutic, hermeticism, heteroclite, heteroecism, heterogonic, heterolytic, heterotopic, heterotypic, hyperactive, hypermetric, inheritance, interchange, interethnic, kinetochore, kitchenware, lectureship, metanephric, parenthetic, paresthetic, pentarchies, perithecial, perithecium, rechristens, researchist, resketching, retrenching, ricochetted, screechiest, spirochaete, spirochetes, stitcheries, stretchiest, telegraphic, tetrarchies, theocentric, theocracies, theorematic, theoretical, therapeutic, thermocline, treacheries, xerothermic.

 

+5 letters: apothecaries, archegoniate, architecture, atheoretical, bewitcheries, bleacherites, cartwheeling, catheterized, catheterizes, chanticleers, characteries, characterize, charcuteries, chesterfield, czarevitches, dechlorinate, decipherment, disenchanter, electrophile, electrophori, encipherment, ethnocentric, euhemeristic, executorship, extrahepatic, geochemistry, helicoptered, heliocentric, hemichordate, hemstitchers, hermeneutics, hermetically, hermeticisms, heteroclites, heterocyclic, heteroecious, heteroecisms, homeothermic, hyperactives, hyperexcited, hyperkinetic, hypersthenic, hyperthermic, incoherently, inheritances, inheritrices, interchained, interchanged, interchanger, interchanges, interchannel, kinetochores, kitchenwares, lectureships, neurasthenic, neurochemist, orthogenetic, overemphatic, phylacteries, picturephone, rechartering, rechristened, researchists, sceneshifter, speechwriter, sphericities, spirochaetes, stepchildren, stereophonic, superbitches, technetronic, theocentrism, theoretician, therapeutics, thermoclines, thermometric, tracheitises, trenchancies, trierarchies, unchristened.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Heretic


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 65 72 65 74 69 63

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

....    .    .-.    .    -    ..    -.-.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01100101 01110010 01100101 01110100 01101001 01100011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#101 &#114 &#101 &#116 &#105 &#99

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0065 0072 0065 0074 0069 0063

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

42718471867569

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Familiar
7. Quotations: Fiction
8. Usage Frequency
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Translations: Ancient
12. Bible Trace
13. Derivations
14. Rhymes
15. Anagrams
16. Orthography
17. Bibliography


  

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