Malicide
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Malicide is a noun meaning (historical) The killing of a heretic, especially in reference to Christianity's dogmatic witch-hunts.
Meaning
(historical) The killing of a heretic, especially in reference to Christianity's dogmatic witch-hunts.
Example Sentences
In fact, by the eleventh century, a term was invented for killing non-Christians, since this was not to be considered homicide. It was malicide, Latin for the killing of a bad person.
Word Forms
- malicides
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hereticide, regicide, multicide, deicide, filicide, malecide.
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