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Definition of Heretical
1. Adjective. Characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards.
Similar to: Unorthodox
Derivative terms: Dissidence, Dissident, Heresy, Heresy
Definition of Heretical
1. a. Containing heresy; of the nature of, or characterized by, heresy.
Definition of Heretical
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to heresy or heretics. ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of ideas or views) Contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Heretical
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heretical
Literary usage of Heretical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Stanley Mordaunt Leathes, Ernest Alfred Benians (1903)
"Heretical teachers X said to have looked back with a sigh to the days ...
Pico della Mirandola, because of thirteen heretical propositions among the ..."
2. A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages by Henry Charles Lea (1887)
"It was not simply the worship of demons and making pacts with Satan that were
recognized as heretical by the subtle casuistry of the inquisitors ..."
3. Communism in Central Europe in the Time of the Reformation by Karl Kautsky (1897)
"CHAPTER I Heretical COMMUNISM. ITS GENERAL CHARACTER I. The Papacy the Centre of
ttte Attacks of Heretical Communism. NOTHING can be more erroneous than the ..."
4. Italy and Her Invaders by Thomas Hodgkin (1885)
"All over the East, especially in Syria, was heard the wail of the orthodox for
sees widowed of their Catholic bishops and handed over to heretical intruders ..."
5. History of Philosophy by William Turner (1903)
"It will, therefore, be convenient to study: I. Heretical Systems. II. ...
CHAPTER XXI Heretical SYSTEMS Of the heretical systems which sprang up during the ..."
6. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander (1854)
"Heretical Tendencies. What the two most important tendencies of the ... And in
these main directions of the heretical spirit, we shall easily be able to ..."
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