Heretical Meaning
/həˈɹɛtɪkəl/Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf or pertaining to heresy or heretics.
adjContrary to mainstream or accepted opinion.
Sentence Examples
Tom grew up in a heretical sect.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The priest's ____ ideas caused him to be excommunicated.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Galileo's support for the idea that the Earth revolves around the Sun was once considered ____.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English, borrowed from Middle French eretical and from Medieval Latin haereticālis, from haereticus, equivalent to heretic + -al. See heretic.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1996, Maurice Wiles, “[The End of Arianism] Gothic Christianity”, in Archetypal Heresy: Arianism through the Centuries, Oxford, Oxon: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 43:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The priest's ____ ideas caused him to be excommunicated.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Galileo's support for the idea that the Earth revolves around the Sun was once considered ____.