MISBELIEVER

heretic, misbeliever, religious outcast

(noun) a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

misbeliever (plural misbelievers)

Someone who holds a bad or wrong belief; a heretic, an unbeliever.

We are placed in the country […] where we feare the menaces wherewith she threatneth all mis-beleevers, or follow her promises.

Source: Wiktionary


Mis`be*liev"er, n.

Definition: One who believes wrongly; one who holds a false religion. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.

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