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malicides

malicides is the plural of malicide.

Meaning of malicide

Noun

malicide (countable and uncountable, plural malicides)

  1. (historical) The killing of a heretic, especially in reference to Christianity's dogmatic witch-hunts.
    • In fact, by the eleventh century, a term was invented for killing non-Christians, since this was not to be considered homicide. It was malicide, Latin for the killing of a bad person.2008, Mark Kurlansky, Nonviolence. The History of a Dangerous Idea. Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, page 33

Questions about malicides

What is malicides the plural of?
Malicides is the plural of malicide.

Words near malicides in the dictionary

  1. maliced
  2. maliceful
  3. maliceless
  4. malices
  5. malicide
  6. malicides
  7. malicing
  8. malicious
  9. malicious compliance
  10. malicious mischief
  11. malicious prosecution

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