heresiarchy

English

Noun

heresiarchy (plural heresiarchies)

1. (obsolete) A major or great heresy.
   • 1634, T[homas] H[erbert], A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, […], London: […] William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome, →OCLC:

     The book it-self […] consists of Heresiarchies against our blessed Savior.

References

• “heresiarchy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.