Definition of Miscriant
Mis"cre*ant (?), n. [OF.
mescreant, F. mécréant; pref. mes-
(L. minus less) + p. pr. fr. L. credere to believe. See
Creed.]
1. One who holds a false religious faith; a
misbeliever. [Obs.] Spenser. De Quincey.
Thou oughtest not to be slothful to the destruction of
the miscreants, but to constrain them to obey our Lord
God. Rivers.
2. One not restrained by Christian
principles; an unscrupulous villain; a vile wretch.
Addison.
[1913 Webster]
Mis"cre*ant, a. 1.
Holding a false religious faith.
2. Destitute of conscience;
unscrupulous. Pope.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- Holding a false religious faith.
- Destitute of conscience; unscrupulous.
- One who holds a false religious faith; a misbeliever
- One not restrained by Christian principles; an unscrupulous villain
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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