MISCREANT

n. a.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

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.
n.

One not restrained by Christian principles; an unscrupulous villain; a while wretch. Addison.

3.
a.

Holding a false religious faith.

4.
a.

Destitute of conscience; unscrupulous. Pope.

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