Definition/Meaning of heretic

• English - Noun: heretic ( plural heretics ) Someone who , in the opinion of others , believes contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion he claims to belong to . In the framework of traditional medical ethics , the patient deserves humane attention only insofar as he is potentially healthy and is willing to be healthy—just as in the framework of traditional Christian ethics , the heretic deserved humane…
• English - Adjective: heretic ( comparative more heretic , superlative most heretic ) ( archaic ) Heretical; of or pertaining to heresy or heretics . Antonyms orthodox Translations
• English - Related terms: heresy heretical
• Scots - Noun: heretic ( plural heretics ) heretic (literary style) A poet who claims to have no religion , or to disdain one . He's as puir as the heretic baird .
• English - Alternative forms: hæretic ( archaic ) , hæretick ( obsolete ) , heretick ( obsolete ) , heretike ( archaic )