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arch-heretics

arch-heretics is the plural of arch-heretic.

Meaning of arch-heretic

Noun

arch-heretic (plural arch-heretics)

  1. A leader of a heresy, a most prominent or leading heretic.
    • In the fourth century the arch-heretic Priscillian was Bishop of Avila,1907, Lee Siegel, “The Blush of the New”, in The Catholic Encyclopedia
    Synonyms:
    heresiarch

Questions about arch-heretics

What is arch-heretics the plural of?
Arch-heretics is the plural of arch-heretic.

Words near arch-heretics in the dictionary

  1. arch-fiends
  2. arch-heresies
  3. arch-heresy
  4. arch-heretic
  5. arch-heretical
  6. arch-heretics
  7. arch-leader
  8. arch-leaders
  9. arch-lute
  10. arch-lutes
  11. arch-murderer

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