名詞 heretic:

1. a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church
   同義詞：misbeliever, religious outcast
2. a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion)

1. On one occasion he hanged twenty heretics, including a minister, at a single heat.
   有一次他一下子絞死了20個(gè)異教徒，包括一位牧師在內(nèi)。
2. He was regarded as heretic by the common people.
   他被大眾視為異教徒。

her.e.tic

n.（名詞）
A person who holds controversial opinions, especially one who publicly dissents from the officially accepted dogma of the Roman Catholic Church.
信奉邪說的人：持有有爭議觀點(diǎn)的人，尤指公開反對(duì)官方承認(rèn)的羅馬天主教教義的人
adj.（形容詞）
Heretical.
異端的，異教的

來源：
Middle English heretik
中古英語 heretik
from Old French heretique
源自 古法語 heretique
from Late Latin haereticus
源自 后期拉丁語 haereticus
from Greek hairetikos [able to choose, factious]
源自 希臘語 hairetikos [能夠選擇，好派系斗爭的]
from hairetos [chosen]
源自 hairetos [被選擇的]
from hairôisthai [to choose] * see heresy
源自 hairôisthai [選擇] *參見 heresy