miscredent

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ credent. Compare miscreant.

Noun

miscredent (plural miscredents)

1. (obsolete) A believer in a false religious doctrine.
   • 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC:

     a dungeon appointed for offendors and miscredents

References

• “miscredent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.