Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

malicide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mali-cide
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The killing of a heretic, especially in reference to Christianity's dogmatic witch-hunts.

Countable; Uncountable

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."

Usage

Inflected Forms

malicides (plural)

Questions

What does malicide mean?: The killing of a heretic, especially in reference to Christianity's dogmatic witch-hunts.

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