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opinions or actions most people consider immoral- Before the separation of Church and State, an accusation of heresy could be treated as treason.
heresy = having opinions most people consider immoral
- It is a hardline form of Sunni Islam that condemns all other strains as heresy.
- There were frequent "minor" crusades throughout this period, not only in Palestine but also in the Iberian Peninsula and central Europe, against not only Muslims, but also Christian heretics and personal enemies of the Papacy or other powerful monarchs.Crusade - Wikipedia -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusade (retrieved 05/20/06)
- O, I have read it; it is heresy.Shakespeare, William -- Twelfth Night; or What You Will
- It is heresy to say that in this house, Lady Markby.Wilde, Oscar -- An Ideal Husband
- "Howard was a Methodist to begin with," said Miss Cornelia, as if she thought he had not far to go from that to heresy.Montgomery, Lucy Maud -- Anne's House of Dreams
- But the measures by which it was intended to purge the land of heresy, though more than sufficiently vigorous, were entirely unsuccessful.Hawthorne, Nathaniel -- From Twice Told Tales
- The Japanese Nichiren sect of Buddhism, which believes that other forms of Buddhism are heretical, is also sometimes labeled fundamentalist.Fundamentalism - Wikipedia -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamentalism (retrieved 05/20/06)
- Both the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches formally believe themselves to be the continuation of the true church and the other fallen into heresy, although over the last several decades there has been some reconciliation.Eastern Orthodox Church - Wikipedia -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodoxy (retrieved 05/20/06)
- So the church tried Galileo as a heretic,Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons
- Anyone who chose the forbidden gospels over Constantine's version was deemed a heretic.Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code
- In the old days he had hidden a heretical mind beneath an appearance of conformity.George Orwell -- 1984
- As with any dogma, however, there are bound to be heretics.Ron Suskind -- A Hope in the Unseen
- Passionate faith I am suspicious of because it hangs witches and burns heretics,Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe
- I had listened to Florence's heresy, but the God of the church had not hurled his thunder at me.Rudolfo Anaya -- Bless Me, Ultima
- "But this is heresy," exclaimed the Queen,T. H. White -- The Once and Future King
- Don't think on these things. Keep an orderly mind. This stuff is like heresy.Michael Shaara -- The Killer Angels
- ...Emma's religion, he thought, might, from its fervour, end by touching on heresy,Gustave Flaubert -- Madame Bovary
- But at this moment, heresy though it was, she could not help thinking the Yankees were right on this one matter, even if wrong in all others.Margaret Mitchell -- Gone with the Wind
- Cudn Hope laughed, but Papa looked like he'd just heard heresy incarnate.Olive Ann Burns -- Cold Sassy Tree
heresy = something immoral
heretic = person with unacceptable religious views
heretic = someone with unacceptable beliefs
heretical = immoral (as defined by common belief)
heretics = people with opinions or actions most people consider immoral
heretics = people with opinions most people consider immoral
heresy = opinions opposed to religious principles
heresy = opinions or actions most people consider immoral
heresy = opinions most people consider immoral
heresy = opinions or actions most people consider immoral
heresy = an opinion most people consider immoral
heresy = an immoral idea