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Definition of Misbeliever
1. Noun. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church.
Generic synonyms: Castaway, Ishmael, Outcast, Pariah
Derivative terms: Misbelieve
Definition of Misbeliever
1. n. One who believes wrongly; one who holds a false religion.
Definition of Misbeliever
1. Noun. Someone who holds an unauthorised belief; a heretic, an unbeliever. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misbeliever
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misbeliever
Literary usage of Misbeliever
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. In the Days of the Councils: A Sketch of the Life and Times of Baldassare by Eustace John Kitts (1908)
"He had the credit for being a freethinker and a misbeliever; his jests scandalised
the world; he described Moses, Christ, and Muhammed as the three great ..."
2. Shakspeare's comedy of the Merchant of Venice: with intr. remarks and notes by William Shakespeare (1861)
"A misbeliever strictly means one who holds a wrong faith; an unbeliever, one who
denies the true faith : — You call me miscreant, blood-thirsty dog, ..."
3. American Notes and Queries (1857)
"Would it not read better, " You call me misbeliever, cut-throat, dog ;" the
omission of the comma at cut-throat, might have been unintentional on the part ..."
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