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miscreant
(encz) | miscreant,bezvěrec n: Michal Ambrož |
miscreant
(encz) | miscreant,kacíř n: Michal Ambrož |
miscreant
(encz) | miscreant,nevěřící n: Michal Ambrož |
miscreant
(encz) | miscreant,ničema n: Zdeněk Brož |
Miscreant
(gcide) | Miscreant \Mis"cre*ant\, n. [OF. mescreant, F. m['e]cr['e]ant;
pref. mes- (L. minus less) + p. pr. fr. L. credere to
believe. See Creed.]
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1. One who holds a false religious faith; a misbeliever.
[Obs.] --Spenser. De Quincey.
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Thou oughtest not to be slothful to the destruction
of the miscreants, but to constrain them to obey our
Lord God. --Rivers.
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2. One not restrained by Christian principles; an
unscrupulous villain; a depraved person; a vile wretch.
--Addison. |
Miscreant
(gcide) | Miscreant \Mis"cre*ant\, a.
1. Holding a false religious faith.
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2. Destitute of conscience; unscrupulous; villainous; base;
depraved. --Pope.
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miscreant
(wn) | miscreant
n 1: a person without moral scruples [syn: reprobate,
miscreant] |
miscreant
(devil) | MISCREANT, n. A person of the highest degree of unworth.
Etymologically, the word means unbeliever, and its present
signification may be regarded as theology's noblest contribution to
the development of our language.
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Miscreant
(gcide) | Miscreant \Mis"cre*ant\, n. [OF. mescreant, F. m['e]cr['e]ant;
pref. mes- (L. minus less) + p. pr. fr. L. credere to
believe. See Creed.]
[1913 Webster]
1. One who holds a false religious faith; a misbeliever.
[Obs.] --Spenser. De Quincey.
[1913 Webster]
Thou oughtest not to be slothful to the destruction
of the miscreants, but to constrain them to obey our
Lord God. --Rivers.
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2. One not restrained by Christian principles; an
unscrupulous villain; a depraved person; a vile wretch.
--Addison.Miscreant \Mis"cre*ant\, a.
1. Holding a false religious faith.
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2. Destitute of conscience; unscrupulous; villainous; base;
depraved. --Pope.
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