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Heresy, Herisy(e, n. Also: her(r)esy(e, -esie; herecie, -iesie, -ysy, -isé, herricé; hæresie, -isie; hera(i)sie. [ME. herisie, -ysy(e, heresye, -esie (c 1290), OF. heresie, var. of eresie Errasy n. Cf. also Arracie.] Heresy; an instance of heresy, a heretical doctrine or school of thought.(a) a1400 Leg. S. viii. 66.
Hevynutis, That throw wikit heresy nyttis That Criste [etc.] c1420 Wynt. v. 2881.
He suld … bare pennans, Quha-ewyr wyth heresy wald blame Cryst 1490 Irland Mir. I. 49/7.
This is agane the herresy of Jouynyane 1535 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 69.
Becaus Mr Andro Jhonestoun last prebendar left the land for heresy 1562-3 Winȝet I. 71/18.
Quhy schaw ȝe nocht quhois hæresie we follow? a1570-86 Maitl. F. xviii. 49.
God mak ws quyte of all herecie 1596 Dalr. II. 382/11.
To couer thair hæresie with a colour … of religione(b) a1400 Leg. S. xxiii. 183.
Ful fele mene held that herysy 1456 Hay I. 110/9.
Breking of his commandementis … war a kynde of herisy 1531 Bell. Boece I. xxv.
But ony spot of herise Ib. II. 44.
Vortimer set him to purge his realme of al heriseis brocht in it be Saxonis a1538 Abell 48.
The herrice of Palagian a1578 Pitsc. I. 308/7.
He was accusit for heriesie befor the saidis bischope 1596 Dalr. I. 12/31.
Afor the hærisie [sc. the Reformation] began(c) a1578 Pitsc. II. 59/20.
The cause of heraisie within the realme Ib. 60/3.
Herasies to God be knawin on this maner