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.
Someone who does not conform to generally accepted beliefs or practices.
Heretical; of or pertaining to heresy or heretics.
From Middle English heretyk, heretike, from Old French eretique, from Medieval Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin haereticus, from Ancient Greek αἱρετικός (hairetikós, “able to choose, factious”), itself f...
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