heretical
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English, borrowed from Middle French eretical and from Medieval Latin haereticālis, from haereticus, equivalent to heretic + -al. See heretic.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /həˈɹɛtɪkəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]heretical (comparative more heretical, superlative most heretical)
- Of or pertaining to heresy or heretics.
- 1996, Maurice Wiles, “[The End of Arianism] Gothic Christianity”, in Archetypal Heresy: Arianism through the Centuries, Oxford, Oxon: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 43:
- At least as Auxentius reports him in the covering letter which precedes Ulfila’s confession, he is as vehement in his opposition to what he sees as heretical alternatives to his own form of belief as most other participants in the controversies of the time. Heretics are not Christians but antichrists. Homoousians, Homoiousians, and Macedonians are all included in this blanket condemnation.
- (of ideas or views) Contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion.
- Synonym: unorthodox
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]of or pertaining to heresy or heretics
|
contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion
|
See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms borrowed from Middle French
- English terms derived from Middle French
- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- English terms suffixed with -al
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English terms with quotations
- en:Religion