Miscredulity

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Wrong credulity or belief; misbelief. obsolete, rare, uncountable

    "As then vve vvould condemn him of much folly, that ſhould profeſs to truſt the Clock rather then the Sun; ſo vve cannot but juſtly tax the miſcredulity of thoſe who vvill rather truſt to the Church then to the Scripture."

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"As then vve vvould condemn him of much folly, that ſhould profeſs to truſt the Clock rather then the Sun; ſo vve cannot but juſtly tax the miſcredulity of thoſe who vvill rather truſt to the Church then to the Scripture."

Etymology

From mis- + credulity.

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