Heresiarch

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  • noun. One who originates or is the chief proponent of a heresy or heretical movement.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A leader in heresy; an arch-heretic.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A leader in heresy; the chief of a sect of heretics.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The founder of a heresy, or a major ecclesiastical proponent of such a heresy.
  • Word Usage
    "No, just the idea of heresiarch being female in those exact words, which appears to be original with me."
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