| 单词 |
heresiarch |
| 释义 |
heresiarch|ˈhɛrɪsɪˌɑːk, hɪˈriːsɪɑːk|
Also 7 hær-.
[ad. late L. hæresiarcha, ad. Gr. αἱρεσιάρχης leader of a school, chief of a sect, f. αἵρεσις heresy + -αρχης ruler. Cf. F. hérésiarque (16th c. in Littré), perh. the immediate source.]
A leader or founder of a heresy. Also transf.
1624Bp. Hall Wks. Ded. to Jas. I, It was a madde conceit of that old Heresiarch. 1640― Chr. Moder. (Ward) 29/1 It is one thing to be a heretic, another thing to be an hæresiarch. 1685Boyle Enq. Notion Nat. p. xiii, I was not ingag'd in this Controversie, by any Ambition of appearing in Print an Heresiarch in Philosophy, by being the Author of a strange Doctrine. 1762–71H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Paint. (1786) III. 2 Jargon and austerities are the weapons that best serve the purposes of heresiarcs and innovators. 1868Milman St. Paul's iv. 78 The later strife between Courtenay as Archbishop and Wycliffe as principal heresiarch.
So † heresiarchy, the founding of a heresy; in quot. erron. a chief or arch-heresy.
1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2.) 255 The rest of the Book consists of Heresiarchyes against our blessed Saviour. |
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