See Also: hereticate(dictionary)

hereticate (iou)



hereticate verb trans. E17.
[medieval Latin hereticat- pa. ppl stem of hereticare, from haereticus: see HERETIC, -ATE3.]
Pronounce (a person, a doctrine, etc.) to be heretical. E17.
Make a heretic of: esp. (derog., now Hist.) denoting the ceremony of deathbed inauguration said to have been practised by the Albigenses. M18.
hereti'cation noun M18.