different between heresiarch vs sabellian

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French hérésiarque, from Ecclesiastical Latin haeresiarcha (or directly from the Latin word), from ecclesiastical Byzantine Greek ??????????? (hairesiárkh?s, “leader of a sect”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (haíresis, “heresy”) + -?????? (-árkh?s, “suffix meaning ‘leader, ruler’”), corresponding to heresy +? -arch.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /h???i?z???k/, /?h???s????k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /h???izi??k/
• Hyphenation: he?res?i?arch

Noun

heresiarch (plural heresiarchs)

1. (religion) The founder of a heresy, or a major ecclesiastical proponent of such a heresy. [from mid 16th c.]

   Synonym: arch-heretic

Alternative forms

• haeresiarch, hæresiarch (obsolete)

Derived terms

• heresiarchy (obsolete)

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Further reading

• heresy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

See Sabellian

Adjective

sabellian (comparative more sabellian, superlative most sabellian)

1. Of or pertaining to the heresiarch Sabellius, or to sabellianism.