Definitions for heresiarch

heresiarch he·re·si·arch

Spelling: [huh-ree-zee-ahrk, -see-, her-uh-see-]
IPA: /həˈri ziˌɑrk, -si-, ˈhɛr ə si-/

Heresiarch is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 385 anagrams from letters in heresiarch (aceehhirrs).

Definitions for heresiarch

noun

  1. a leader in heresy; the leader of a heretical sect.

Origin of heresiarch

1615-25; Late Latin haeresiarcha Greek hairesiarchḗs the leader of a school, equivalent to haíresi(s) heresy + -archēs -arch

Examples for heresiarch

There was not a little art in the heresiarch's modes of speech; the less obtuse appreciated him and bade him live for ever.

After this the impious books of the heresiarch were brought together and devoutly burned in the presence of an immense crowd.

The heresiarch did not pretend to have written it himself, nor did he ascribe it to any other person.

The Church disdained his aid and condemned his errors, and he became a heresiarch.

An attempt was then made to deal the new religion a fatal blow by the seizure and execution of the heresiarch, Mazdak.

But, as in the case of Felix, the heresiarch was more than a match for his opponents in argument.

For the rest, the heresiarch had a mighty flow of vituperative speech.

Three out of the four patriarchs were in favour of the heresiarch, the fourth being on his trial.

A tall paper cap, painted over with flames and devils, and inscribed "heresiarch," is placed upon his head.

A heresiarch,' he had written even in his Anglican days, 'should meet with no mercy.

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