miscreance

[ mis-kree-uhns ]

noun
  1. a misbelief or false religious faith.

Origin of miscreance

1
1350–1400; Middle English <Middle French mescreance, equivalent to mes-mis-1 + creance<Vulgar Latin *crēdentiacredence

Words Nearby miscreance

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How to use miscreance in a sentence

  • But at present the Crescent was master of the Cross; and beyond the Pyrenees all was slavery and ‘miscreance.’

    The Roman and the Teuton | Charles Kingsley

British Dictionary definitions for miscreance

miscreance

miscreancy

/ (ˈmɪskrɪəns) /


noun
  1. archaic lack of religious belief or faith

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