heretickal
heretickal is the obsolete form of heretical.
Meaning of heretical
Adjective
heretical (comparative more heretical, superlative most heretical)
- Of or pertaining to heresy or heretics.
- At least as Auxentius reports him in the covering letter which precedes Ulfila’s confession, he is as vehement in his opposition to what he sees as heretical alternatives to his own form of belief as most other participants in the controversies of the time. Heretics are not Christians but...1996, Maurice Wiles, “[The End of Arianism] Gothic Christianity”, in Archetypal Heresy: Arianism through the Centuries, Oxford, Oxon: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 43
- Contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion.
- Synonyms:
- unorthodox
Forms of heretickal
| comparative | more heretickal |
|---|---|
| superlative | most heretickal |
Questions about heretickal
- What is heretickal the obsolete form of?
- Heretickal is the obsolete form of heretical.
Words near heretickal in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: heretickal (page history and authors); heretical (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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