miscredent
English
Etymology
From mis- + credent. Compare miscreant.
Noun
miscredent (plural miscredents)
- (obsolete) A believer in a false religious doctrine.
- 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC:
- a dungeon appointed for offendors and miscredents
References
- “miscredent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.