Heretics synonyms

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cathars
A member of a Christian sect flourishing in western Europe in the 1100s and 1200s, whose dualistic belief, embracing asceticism and identifying the world as the creation of a satanic Demiurge, was condemned by the Church as heretical.
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separatists
A person who advocates political, religious, or racial separation
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sectaries
A sectarian.
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nonconformists
A British Protestant who does not belong to the Anglican Church; Dissenter
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dissidents
A person who formally opposes the current political structure, opposes the political group in power, opposes the policies of the political group in power, or opposes current laws.
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dissenters
A British Protestant who does not belong to the Anglican Church; Nonconformist
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unbelievers
A person who does not believe; doubter
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skeptics
Someone undecided as to what is true.
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renegades
An outlaw; a rebel.
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miscreants
(Archaic) An unbeliever or heretic
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infidels
A person who does not believe in a particular religion, esp. the prevailing religion
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iconoclasts
One who destroys religious images or icons, especially an opponent of the Orthodox Church in the 8th and 9th centuries, or a Puritan during the European Reformation.
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apostates
Apostate is defined as someone who has left behind his religious or political beliefs or his principles.
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religions (related)
The belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers, regarded as creating and governing the universe:
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pagans (related)
An adherent of a religion other than Judaism, Christianity, or Islam.
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cynics (related)
The definition of a cynic is a person who thinks all actions are selfish and whose outlook is negative.
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Heretics Sentence Examples

  • In matters of doctrine the pope supported Bernard of Clairvaux in his prosecution of Abelard and Arnold of Brescia, whom he condemned as heretics.

  • His apologists explain that his action was merely "official," but Bonner was one of those who brought it to pass that the condemnation of heretics to the fire should be part of his ordinary official duties.

  • Among the principal events of that reign must be reckoned the foundation of the two orders, Franciscan and Dominican, who were destined to form a militia for the holy see in conflict with the empire and the heretics of Lombardy.

  • He saw Jews, Saracens, heretics and apostates roaming through Spain unmolested; and in this lax toleration of religious differences he thought he saw the main obstacle to the political union of the Spains, which was the necessity of the hour.

  • In the next year he ceded to Diego Deza, a Dominican, his office of confessor to the sovereigns, and gave himself up to the congenial work of reducing heretics.

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