- heresy
- n.
1) to be guilty of heresy
2) to preach heresy
3) heresy to + inf. (it was heresy to talk like that)
* * *to be be guilty of heresyto preach heresyheresy to + inf. (it was heresy to talk like that)
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.
heresy
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Heresy — • St. Thomas defines heresy: a species of infidelity in men who, having professed the faith of Christ, corrupt its dogmas Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Heresy Heresy … Catholic encyclopedia
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heresy — [n] unorthodox opinion, especially in religious matters agnosticism, apostasy, atheism, blasphemy, defection, disbelief, dissent, dissidence, divergence, error, fallacy, heterodoxy, iconoclasm, impiety, infidelity, misbelief, nonconformism,… … New thesaurus
heresy — ► NOUN (pl. heresies) 1) belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious (especially Christian) doctrine. 2) opinion profoundly at odds with what is generally accepted. ORIGIN Greek hairesis choice, sect … English terms dictionary
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