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hereticide

hereticide noun: the killing of a heretic.

Noun

hereticide (plural hereticides)

  1. The killing of a heretic.

Forms of hereticide

pluralhereticides

Origin of hereticide

From heretic + -cide.

Questions about hereticide

What does hereticide mean?
Hereticide means the killing of a heretic.
What part of speech is hereticide?
Hereticide is a noun.
What is the plural of hereticide?
The plural of hereticide is hereticides.

Words near hereticide in the dictionary

  1. hereticating
  2. heretication
  3. heretications
  4. hereticator
  5. hereticators
  6. hereticide
  7. hereticides
  8. hereticize
  9. hereticized
  10. hereticizes
  11. hereticizing

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