HERESIARCH
HER'ESIARCH, noun s as z. [Gr. heresy, and chief.] A leader in heresy; the chief of a sect of heretics.
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HERESIARCHY
HER'ESIARCHY, noun Chief heresy.
HERESY
HER'ESY, noun [Gr. to take, to hold; Latin haeresis.]1. A fundamental error in religion, or an error of opinion respecting some fundamental doctrine of religion. But in countrie...
HERETIC
HER'ETIC, noun1. A person under any religion, but particularly the christian, who holds and teaches opinions repugnant to the established faith, or that which is made the standa...
HERETICAL
HERET'ICAL, adjective Containing heresy; contrary to the established faith, or to the true faith.
HERETICALLY
HERET'ICALLY, adverb In an heretical manner; with heresy.
HERETOCH
HER'ETOCH, noun [Latin duco, dux; Eng. to tug.] Among our Saxon ancestors, the leader or commander of an army, or the commander of the militia in a county or district. This offi...
HERETOFORE
HERETOFO'RE, adverb In times before the present; formerly.
HERETOG
HER'ETOG, HEREUNTOadverb To this.
HEREUNTO
HEREUNTO', adv. To this.
HEREUPON
HEREUPON', adverb On this.
HEREWITH
HEREWITH', adverb With this.Most of the compounds of here and a preposition, are obsolete or obsolescent, or at least are deemed inelegant. But hereafter and heretofore are in e...
HERIOT
HER'IOT, noun In English law, a tribute or fine payable to the lord of the fee on the decease of the owner, landholder, or vassal. Originally this tribute consisted of military ...
HERIOTABLE
HER'IOTABLE, adjective Subject to the payment of a heriot.
HERISSON
HER'ISSON, noun In fortification, a beam or bar armed with iron spikes pointing outwards, and a turning on a pivot; used to block up a passage.
HERITABLE
HER'ITABLE, adjective [from the root of heir, Latin haeres.]1. Capable of inheriting, or taking by descent.By the canon law this son shall be legitimate and heritable2. That may...
HERITAGE
HER'ITAGE, noun1. Inheritance; an estate that passes from an ancestor to an heir by descent or course of law; that which is inherited. In Scot's law, it sometimes signifies immo...
HERL
HERL, noun The skin of flax; the filaments of flax or hemp.1. A filamentous substance.[In New England, I have heard this word pronounced herl]
HERMAPHRODEITY
HERMAPHRODE'ITY, noun Hermaphrodism.
HERMAPHRODISM
HERMAPH'RODISM, noun [infra.] The union of the two sexes in the same individual.
HERMAPHRODITE
HERMAPH'RODITE, noun [Gr. Mercury, and Venus.]1. A human being, having the parts of generation both of male and female. The term is applied also to other animals characterized b...
HERMAPHRODITIC
HERMAPHRODIT'IC, adjective Partaking of both sexes.
HERMAPHRODITICALLY
HERMAPHRODIT'ICALLY, adverb After the manner of hermaphrodites.
HERMENEUTIC
HERMENEU'TICHERMENEU'TICAL, adjective [Gr. an interpreter, from Mercury.]Interpreting; explaining; unfolding the signification; as hermeneutic theology, the art of expounding th...
HERMENEUTICAL
HERMENEU'TICAL, a. [Gr. an interpreter, from Mercury.]Interpreting; explaining; unfolding the signification; as hermeneutic theology, the art of expounding the Scriptures.
HERMENEUTICALLY
HERMENEU'TICALLY, adverb According to the true art of interpreting words.
HERMENEUTICS
HERMENEU'TICS, noun The art of finding the meaning of an author's words and phrases, and of explaining it to others.