Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One who originates or is the chief proponent of a heresy or heretical movement.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A leader in heresy; an arch-heretic.
Wiktionary
- n. The founder of a heresy, or a major ecclesiastical proponent of such a heresy.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A leader in heresy; the chief of a sect of heretics.
Etymologies
- From Ecclesiastical Latin haeresiarcha, from ecclesiastical Medieval Greek ἁιρεσιαρχης (hairesiarkhēs) (“leader of a sect”), corresponding to heresy + -arch. (Wiktionary)
- Late Latin haeresiarcha, from Late Greek hairesiarkhēs : Greek hairesis, sect; see heresy + Greek -arkhēs, -arch. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“No, just the idea of heresiarch being female in those exact words, which appears to be original with me.”
“Elchasai's brother, Iexai, and that the heresiarch was a Jew of the time of Trajan.”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy
“But tell me, my dear boy, is not this saint of yours, who preaches in secret, a kind of heresiarch?”
“Just for the record, heresiarch #947 was in fact replying to another David.”
“David Harmon @ 953: "Just for the record, heresiarch #947 was in fact replying to another David.”
“Xopher @ 298: "heresiarch, sorry, I thought you'd said that you were female here.”
“Xopher @276 - I sit corrected, and heresiarch, sorry, I not only didn't know, I didn't know I didn't know.”
“David Dyer-Bennet @ 312: "let me know when the t-shirts which have nothing to do with heresiarch other than having been inspired by the brief confusion are ready!”
“Tom, I'm not claiming to have created "being female," or even to have created heresiarch, male or female created I not hir.”
“Michael Roberts @ 291: "I sit corrected, and heresiarch, sorry, I not only didn't know, I didn't know I didn't know.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘heresiarch’.
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My Favorite Words
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... as in "by James Joyce"
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learning
A list of words whose meanings I am learning, either because a) I don't know the meaning b) I know the meaning, but could stand to better appreciate certain inflections or secondary meanings or c) ...
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