Arch-heretic

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Noun
  1. 1
    A leader of a heresy, a most prominent or leading heretic.

    "In the fourth century the arch-heretic Priscillian was Bishop of Avila,"

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heresiarch

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"In the fourth century the arch-heretic Priscillian was Bishop of Avila,"

Etymology

From arch- + heretic.

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