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Meaning of "heresiarch" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HERESIARCH

heresiarch  [hɪˈriːzɪˌɑːk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HERESIARCH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Heresiarch is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HERESIARCH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Heresiarch

The noun heresiarch comes from the Greek: αἱρεσιάρχης, hairesiárkhēs via the late Latin haeresiarcha. It used to refer both to the originator of heretical doctrine, and to the founder of a sect that sustains such a doctrine. For example, according to Catholic doctrine, the founders of Protestantism, such as Martin Luther and John Calvin were classed as heresiarchs as well as schismatics.

Definition of heresiarch in the English dictionary

The definition of heresiarch in the dictionary is the leader or originator of a heretical movement or sect.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HERESIARCH


at.
ɑːk
bookmark
ˈbʊkˌmɑːk
dark
dɑːk
dat.
dɑːk
Denmark
ˈdɛnmɑːk
ecclesiarch
ɪˈkliːzɪˌɑːk
endarch
ˈɛndˌɑːk
gymnasiarch
dʒɪmˈneɪzɪˌɑːk
Iraq
ɪˈrɑːk
lat.
lɑːk
marc
mɑːk
mark
mɑːk
matriarch
ˈmeɪtrɪˌɑːk
navarch
ˈnævˌɑːk
omniarch
ˈɒmnɪˌɑːk
park
pɑːk
patriarch
ˈpeɪtrɪˌɑːk
polyarch
ˈpɒlɪˌɑːk
scholarch
ˈskɒlˌɑːk
symposiarch
sɪmˈpəʊzɪˌɑːk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HERESIARCH

hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinto
hereness
hereof
hereon
Herero
heres
heresies
heresiographer
heresiography
heresiologist
heresiology
heresthetic
heresthetical
heresthetician
heresy
heretic

WORDS THAT END LIKE HERESIARCH

applied research
arch
chiliarch
cornstarch
diarch
global search
job search
march
market research
marketing research
monarch
operational research
operations research
research
search
starch
taxiarch
the Long March
triarch
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Synonyms and antonyms of heresiarch in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «heresiarch» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HERESIARCH

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Translator English - Chinese

异教
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

heresiarca
570 millions of speakers

English

heresiarch
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

heresiarch
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الفيلسوف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ересиарх
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

heresiarch
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

heresiarch
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hérésiarque
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Heresiarch
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

heresiarch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

異端の指導者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

했다 heresiarch
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Heresiarch
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

heresiarch
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மதங்களுக்கு எதிரான கொள்கை உடையவர்களின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Heresiarch
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

heresiarch
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

eresiarca
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

herezjarcha
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

єресіярх
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

eretic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αιρεσιάρχης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

heresiarch
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

heresiarch
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

heresiarch
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heresiarch

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HERESIARCH»

The term «heresiarch» is normally little used and occupies the 131.411 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HERESIARCH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about heresiarch

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HERESIARCH»

Discover the use of heresiarch in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heresiarch and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Shaman and the Heresiarch: A New Interpretation of the ...
The first book-length study in English of the Chinese classic, the Li sao (Encountering Sorrow).
Gopal Sukhu, 2012
2
The Heresiarch and Co
This volume of short stories about heretics, provincial romantics, and adventurers in crime was Apollinaire's literary debut in 1910, and only just lost the Prix Goncourt that year to Colette's La Vagabonde.
Guillaume Apollinaire, Remy Inglis Hall, 1991
3
Irresolute Heresiarch: Catholicism, Gnosticism and Paganism ...
Beginning with his earliest published poems and continuing through the posthumously printed collections, the book is a careful consideration of the religious claims set forth in MiÅeosz's works, which range from orthodox Christianity, ...
Charles S. Kraszewski, 2012
4
Love and Marriage in the Middle Ages
To be more precise, I would say that it now appears to be necessary to examine the case of the heresiarch completely ... the heresiarch belongs to the leading circles of a Church, its inner coteries, schools or small discussion groups - in other ...
Georges Duby, 1996
5
Gladstone on Church and State
What reason can he give for hanging a murderer, and suffering an heresiarch to escape without even a pecuniary mulct ? Is the heresiarch a less pernicious member of society than the murderer ? Is not the loss of one soul a greater evil than ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay, William Ewart Gladstone, 1851
6
Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays and Poems
What reason can he give for hanging a murderer, and suffermg an heresiarch to escape without even a pecuniary mulct ? Is the heresiarch a less pernicious member of society than the murderer ? Is not the loss of one soul a greater evil than ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay, Edwin Percy Whipple, 1860
7
Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh ...
number of souls which have been caught in the snares of one dexterous heresiarch. If, then, the heresiarch causes infinitely greater evils than themurderer, why is he not as proper an object of penal legislation as the murderer? We can give a ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1850
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Critical, historical and miscellaneous essays
What reason can he give for hanging a murderer, and suffermg an heresiarch to escape without even a pecuniary mulct ? Is the heresiarch a less pernicious member of society than the murderer ? Is not the loss of one soul a greater evil than ...
Baron Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Edwin Percy Whipple, 1860
9
Sojourn: Gates of Ivory, Gates of Horn
At any rate, it was in the wilderness of the Liminal that he came under the influence of the Heresiarch Orson, the one the Old Believers among the mukti called the Messiah. Simon became the Heresiarch's chief disciple and disseminator.
Denn William Quinn, 2010
10
The Ante-Nicene Fathers: The Writings of the Fathers Down to ...
THE. ACTS. OF. THE. DISPUTATION'. WITH. THE. HERESIARCH. MANES. analogy being used as an illustration of the same ;. i. The true Thesaurus ; * to wit , the Disputation conducted in Carchar, a city of Mesopotamia, before Manippus3  ...
Alexander Roberts, 2007

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HERESIARCH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heresiarch is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Unmasking Origen
I hope to be addressed not by the name of some heresiarch, but by the name of Christ. I hope to have his name, which blessed upon earth. «OUPblog, Jun 15»
2
Luther Reading Challenge
Luther the first modern man, champion of conscience. Luther the proto-Nazi and forefather of the Holocaust. Luther the heresiarch, divider of ... «First Things, Apr 15»
3
Like St Nicholas, Pope Francis packs a punch
While St Nick gives clandestine gifts to the needy, the actual Nicholas of Myra is most famous for confronting the heresiarch Arius at the Council ... «Catholic Herald Online, Dec 14»

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