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Meanings of religious outcast in English

Portuguese
herege
Catalan
heretge

A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church.

        herege
        Synonyms
        Examples for "heretic"
        Examples for "heretic"
        1
        The hour in which the priest would vent on heretic his wrath.
        Gleams of Sunshine: Optimistic Poems
        2
        The heretic prostrated himself in adoration, and bade Conrad do the same.
        Cliff Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe
        3
        The heretic was the one who did not accept the prevailing faith.
        Crime: Its Cause and Treatment
        4
        Fell hatred fills its pages for the persecutor and for the heretic.
        The Chief End of Man
        5
        Karl Ihmels laughs at the idea that he is an environmental heretic.
        The Irish Times
        1
        A 'miscreant,' at the first, meant simply a misbeliever.
        On the Study of Words
        2
        He claimed he was being prevented from undertaking medical studies at UCD because he was a "misbeliever".
        The Irish Times
        3
        Yea, misbeliever as thou art, it is thine to vindicate thyself from blasphemy against the God thou shouldst adore.
        Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Book II.
        4
        Averroes himself was accused of having been first a Mussulman, then a Christian, then a Jew, and finally a misbeliever.
        History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science
        5
        Now I should like to know, even from the mouth of a misbeliever, what part of my conduct warrants such a conclusion.
        The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
        Translations for religious outcast
        Portuguese
        herege
        Catalan
        heretge