Reverse Dictionary: HERESY

NOUNS
► BUGGERY abhorrent heresy → a1400 obs.
► HERETICIDE the act of putting a heretic to death → 1702
► HERETIFICATION the act of pronouncing heretical → 1885 (Bk.)

NOUNS – PERSON
► HÆRESIARCH ► HERESIARCH a leader or founder of heresy → 1624
► HÆRESIMACH ► HERESIMACH one who fights against heresy → 1824
► HERESIOGRAPHER one who treats of heresies → 1822
► HERESIOLOGER one who treats of heresy or heresies → 1875
► HERESIOLOGIST one who treats of heresy or heresies → 1710
► HERETICATOR one who hereticates or denounces heresy → 1685
► HERESIAN a heretic → a1706 obs.
► HERETIC 1. one who maintains theological or religious opinions at variance with the ‘catholic’ or orthodox doctrine of the Christian Church, or, by extension, that of any church or religious system, considered as orthodox → c1330
2. one who maintains opinions upon any subject at variance with those generally received or considered authoritative → 1600
► HERETICASTER  a petty or contemptible heretic → a1711 obs.
► ZENDIK ► ZINDICK ► ZINDIQ an adherent of any of various sects considered to be heretical; a heretic; an irreligious person; chiefly with reference to Persia or the Ottoman Empire → 1667

VERBS
► HERETICATE to class or denounce as a heretic → 1629