heretical
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/həˈɹɛtɪkəl/
Definition of heretical
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Of or pertaining to heresy or heretics.
“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.”
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adj
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Of or pertaining to heresy or heretics.
“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.”
- Contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion.
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Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Middle French eretical and from Medieval Latin haereticālis, from haereticus, equivalent to heretic + -al. See heretic.
Words you can make from heretical
200+ playable · top: AETHERIC (13 pts)
Best play aetheric 13 points8-letter words
2 words7-letter words
25 words- CHARLIE 12 pts
- CHEATER 12 pts
- CHELATE 12 pts
- ERETHIC 12 pts
- ETHERIC 12 pts
- ETHICAL 12 pts
- HECTARE 12 pts
- HERETIC 12 pts
- LEACHER 12 pts
- RECHEAT 12 pts
- RETEACH 12 pts
- TEACHER 12 pts
- TECHIER 12 pts
- THERIAC 12 pts
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- HALTERE 10 pts
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- ARTICLE 9 pts
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- ATELIER 7 pts
6-letter words
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- CHALET 11 pts
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- CITHER 11 pts
- ETCHER 11 pts
- HELIAC 11 pts
- LECHER 11 pts
- LICHEE 11 pts
- RACHET 11 pts
- TECHIE 11 pts
- THECAE 11 pts
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- AETHER 9 pts
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5-letter words
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4-letter words
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