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：持有有爭議觀點的人，尤指公開反對官方承認(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