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A leader or originator of a doctrine judged heretical by an established religious authority.
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- condemned heresiarch
- followers of a heresiarch
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The chronicler called him a heresiarch.
Followers of the heresiarch met beyond the walls.
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Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular heresiarch; plural heresiarchs. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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