Definition of Misbeliever

1. Noun. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church.

Exact synonyms: Heretic, Religious Outcast
Generic synonyms: Castaway, Ishmael, Outcast, Pariah
Derivative terms: Misbelieve

Definition of Misbeliever

1. n. One who believes wrongly; one who holds a false religion.

Definition of Misbeliever

1. Noun. Someone who holds an unauthorised belief; a heretic, an unbeliever. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Misbeliever

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Misbeliever

misbehaved
misbehaver
misbehavers
misbehaves
misbehaving
misbehavior
misbehavioral
misbehaviors
misbehaviour
misbehavioural
misbehaviours
misbelief
misbeliefs
misbelieve
misbelieved
misbeliever (current term)
misbelievers
misbelieves
misbelieving
misbelievings
misbeseem
misbeseemed
misbeseeming
misbeseems
misbestow
misbestowal
misbestowed
misbestowing
misbestows
misbias

Literary usage of Misbeliever

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. In the Days of the Councils: A Sketch of the Life and Times of Baldassare by Eustace John Kitts (1908)
"He had the credit for being a freethinker and a misbeliever; his jests scandalised the world; he described Moses, Christ, and Muhammed as the three great ..."

2. Shakspeare's comedy of the Merchant of Venice: with intr. remarks and notes by William Shakespeare (1861)
"A misbeliever strictly means one who holds a wrong faith; an unbeliever, one who denies the true faith : — You call me miscreant, blood-thirsty dog, ..."

3. American Notes and Queries (1857)
"Would it not read better, " You call me misbeliever, cut-throat, dog ;" the omission of the comma at cut-throat, might have been unintentional on the part ..."

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