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What does the word Heretic mean

What does the word Heretic mean,I already looked it up on Wiki and Dictionary.com nothing usable.

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Answer #1

heretics were people in the time of Queen Mary I (bloody mary) and her sister, Queen Elizabeth I (the virgin queen) who were against changing the national religion. most heretics were tortured and burned at the stakes for commiting “heresy” or not switching to the new national religion. :)

Answer #2

I didn’t have any trouble finding the definition of heretic in Dictionary.com…

  1. a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church.
  2. Roman Catholic Church. a baptized Roman Catholic who willfully and persistently rejects any article of faith.
  3. anyone who does not conform to an established attitude, doctrine, or principle.

Joan d’Arc was considered a heretic, also…

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Answer #3

As Phrannie points out, it’s not hard finding an online definition, as long as you spell it right.

You mkight want to bookmark: the online Merriam-Webster (good for US style):http://www.merriam-webster.com/

and the online Cambridge (especially for UK style):http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

Or by not finding ‘anything usable’ did you mean that the definitions didn’t fit what you had expected?

Answer #4

A heretic is someone who goes against church beliefs.

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