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Webster 1913 Edition


Heresiarch

Her′e-si-arch

(?; 277)
,
Noun.
[L.
haeresiarcha
, Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] heresy + [GREEK] leader, [GREEK] to lead: cf. F.
hérésiarque
.]
A leader in heresy; the chief of a sect of heretics.
Bp. Stillingfleet.

Webster 1828 Edition


Heresiarch

HER'ESIARCH

,
Noun.
s as z. [Gr. heresy, and chief.] A leader in heresy; the chief of a sect of heretics.

Definition 2024


heresiarch

heresiarch

English

Noun

heresiarch (plural heresiarchs)

  1. The founder of a heresy, or a major ecclesiastical proponent of such a heresy.