miscredent

noun

miscredent

noun

Etymology From mis- + credent. Compare miscreant.

1

Obsolete A believer in a false religious doctrine.

  • a dungeon appointed for offendors and miscredents1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC:

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