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Heretik, Heritik, n. Also: herret-, heriet-, her(r)yt-, hæret-, hærit-, herrot-, herrat-, and -ic(k), -ike, -yke, -ique, -yque. [ME. heretyk, -tyc, -tike (c 1330), OF. heretique, eccl. L. hæreticus. Cf. Erretick, Arratick.] A heretic.(a) c1420 Wynt. vi. 130.
In cas … Sum hethyn man, or heretyk, Mycht … wyn … swylk dygnyteis 1424 Acts II. 7/1.
Anentis heretikis and lollardis 1456 Hay II. 29/9.
When a knycht is … a lollard, scismatike or heretike c1475 Wall. xi. 1324.
Thou art ane herretyk 1535 Acts II. 342/1.
The dampnable opinionis of the grete heretik Luther 1562-3 Winȝet I. 71/17.
Gif ȝe heirfor haldis ws Catholikis to be hæretikis 1558-66 Knox I. 346.
Sche was bundin to keap na promeise to hereticques a1578 Pitsc. II. 60/8.
Heretickis sould be put doune 1596 Dalr. I. 110/34.
The displeisour … of the furious hæretiks against the Catholiks(b) c1420 Wynt. v. 4488.
Teodoryk Gret tyrand wes and herytyk Ib. 4527.
Ane angyle … slwe that herytyk in hy Ib. 4796.
The Pape … Hym drew fra herrytykys fals techyng 1456 Hay I. 12/11.
To the quhilk sparow is lyknyt ane herityke 1570 Leslie 139.
Patrik Hammiltoun … wes declarit ane heritique. and brint 1596 Dalr. II. 475/3.
Gif onie hæritickes suspect vs of fraud(c) c1420 Wynt. v. 3348 (C).
A foulle herrotik he wes … in to that faye That Arryus helde(d) c1615 Chron. Kings 81.
He wes werrie religious and heattit herratykis