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   her·e·tic

   /ˈherəˌtik/

   noun

   • 1. a person believing in or practicing religious heresy.
   • ▪ a person holding an opinion at odds with what is generally accepted.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French heretique, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek hairetikos ‘able to choose’ (in ecclesiastical Greek, ‘heretical’), from haireomai ‘choose’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • H

     4

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • C

     3

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