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heretics

heretics is the plural of heretic.

Meaning of heretic

Noun

heretic (plural heretics)

  1. Someone whose beliefs are contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion they claim to belong to.
    • He semeth a sysmatyke
      Or els an heretike,
      For fayth in hym is faynte.c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 62, lines 17–19
  2. (broadly) Someone who does not conform to generally accepted beliefs or practices.

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Questions about heretics

What is heretics the plural of?
Heretics is the plural of heretic.

Words near heretics in the dictionary

  1. hereticizes
  2. hereticizing
  3. heretick
  4. heretickal
  5. hereticks
  6. heretics
  7. heretike
  8. heretikes
  9. hereto
  10. heretoch
  11. heretochs

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