heresy
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Etymology
Borrowed from Old French heresie (modern hérésie), from Latin haeresis, from Ancient Greek αἵρεσις (haíresis, “choice, system of principles”), from αἱρέομαι (hairéomai, “to take for oneself, to choose”), the middle voice of αἱρέω (hairéō, “to take”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ster-; see also Welsh herw (“theft, raid”), Ancient Greek στερέω (steréō, “to deprive of”).[1]
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Noun
heresy (countable and uncountable, plural heresies)
- (religion) A doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance with established religious beliefs, especially dissension from Roman Catholic dogma.
- 1968, History of Western Civilization, edited by Heyes, Baldwin & Cole, p.47. Macmillan. Library of Congress 67–13596
- Heresy meant deliberate departure from the accepted doctrines of the church. It was intellectual and spiritual dissent and concerned the beliefs of Christianity, not the morals of its adherents.
- 1968, History of Western Civilization, edited by Heyes, Baldwin & Cole, p.47. Macmillan. Library of Congress 67–13596
- A controversial or unorthodox opinion held by a member of a group, as in politics, philosophy or science.
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Translations
dissension from religious dogma
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a controversial opinion
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References
- ^ J.P. Mallory and D.Q. Adams, Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture (London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999), 543.
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