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Meanings of heretical in English

Characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards.

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Theological censure of a proposition which goes directly and immediately against a revealed or defined dogma, or dogma de fide.

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Usage of heretical in English
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So Swayvill outlawed the Amber cult as heretical, for obvious political reasons.
The Great Book of Amber
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She is wild in sentences, heretical in paragraphs, thoroughly orthodox in essays.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 / A Maga...
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The soul of one in debt is insipid, dry, and heretical altogether.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3
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Dissent or questioning is seen, in some quarters at least, as heretical.
Independent.ie
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Nor were Anjou and others insensible to the charms of heretical property.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10
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The Church from an early day had condemned and destroyed heretical writings.
Early European History
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Until lately, the bare supposition of such a thing was considered heretical.
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
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Now the English are but merchants, and they have a heretical church.
White Shadows in the South Seas
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So banish the heretical Habiru from Thebes and we both may profit.
The heretic queen
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My poor sister died yonder, in that heretical land,-maybe without absolution.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 / A Magazine...
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My desire to help prompted agreement, while my intellect was always heretical.
Imaginations and Reveries
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The most heretical and damnable doctrines are daily teeming from the press!
The Adventures of Hugh Trevor
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Ah, we still owe this heretical queen a grudge for Anne Askew.
Henry VIII and His Court: A Historical Novel
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A more heretical question is whether he really deserves such attention.
The Irish Times
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True, some minor heretical sects give it a spiritual interpretation; but the great
The Destiny of the Soul: A Critical History of the Doctrine of a...
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The countess continued: This Frederick stimulates these heretical Saxons in their wicked unbelief.
Frederick the Great and His Family: A Historical Novel
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