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arch-heretic

noun

Etymology

From arch- + heretic.

  1. derived from αἱρέω — “to choose”
  2. derived from αἱρετικός — “able to choose, factious”
  3. derived from haereticus
  4. derived from eretique
  5. inherited from heretyk
  6. prefixed as arch-heretic — “arch + heretic”

Definitions

  1. A leader of a heresy, a most prominent or leading heretic.

    • In the fourth century the arch-heretic Priscillian was Bishop of Avila,

The neighborhood

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