Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HERE-OF', adv. [comp. here and of.]

Of this; from this. Hereof comes it that Prince Harry is valiant. Shak.

HERE-ON', adv. [comp. here and on.]

On this. Brown.

HERE-OUT', adv. [comp. here and out.]

Out of this place. Spenser.

HER'E-SI-ARCH, n. [s as z. Gr. αίρεσις, heresy, and αρχος, chief.]

A leader in heresy; the chief of a sect of heretics. Stillingfleet.

HER'E-SI-ARCH-Y, n.

Chief heresy.

HER-E-SI-OG'RA-PHER, n. [Gr. αίρεσις, and γραφω.]

One who writes on heresies.

HER-E-SI-OG'RA-PHY, n.

A treatise on heresy.

HER'E-SY, n. [Gr. αίρεσις, from αίρεω, to take, to hold; L. hæresis; Fr. heresie.]

1. A fundamental error in religion, or an error of opinion respecting some fundamental doctrine of religion. But in countries where there is an established church, an opinion is deemed heresy, when it differs from that of the church. The Scriptures being the standard of faith, any opinion that is repugnant to its doctrines, is heresy; but as men differ in the interpretation of Scripture, an opinion deemed heretical by one body of Christians, may be deemed orthodox by another. In Scripture and primitive usage, heresy meant merely sect, party, or the doctrines of a sect, as we now use denomination or persuasion, implying no reproach.
2. Heresy, in law, is an offense against Christianity, consisting in a denial of some of its essential doctrines, publicly avowed and obstinately maintained. Blackstone.
3. An untenable or unsound opinion or doctrine in politics. Swift.

HER'E-TIC, n. [Gr. αιρετικος; It. eretico; Fr. heretique.]

1. A person under any religion, but particularly the Christian, who holds and teaches opinions repugnant to the established faith, or that which is made the standard of orthodoxy. In strictness, among Christians, a person who holds and avows religious opinions contrary to the doctrines of Scripture, the only rule of faith and practice.
2. Any one who maintains erroneous opinions. Shak.

HE-RE'TIC-AL, a.

Containing heresy; contrary to the established faith, or to the true faith.

HE-RET'IC-AL-LY, adv.

In an heretical manner; with heresy.

HE-RET'IC-ATE, v.t.

To decide to be heresy.

HERE-TO', or HERE-UN'TO, adv. [comp. here and unto or to.]

To this. Hooker.

HERE-TO-FORE', adv. [comp. here and tofore.]

In times before the present; formerly. Sidney.

HER'E-TOG, or HER'E-TOCH, n. [Sax. heretoga, here, an army, and teoche, a leader, from teogan, teon, to lead, L. duco, dux, Eng. to tug.]

Among our Saxon ancestors, the leader or commander of an army, or the commander of the militia in a county or district. This officer was elected by the people in folkmote.

HERE-UP-ON', adv. [comp. here and upon.]

On this.

HERE-WITH', adv. [comp. here and with.]

With this. Most of the compounds of here and a preposition, are obsolete or obsolescent, or at least are deemed inelegant But hereafter and heretofore are in elegant use. Herein and hereby are frequently used in the present version of the Scriptures, and ought not perhaps to be discarded. Indeed some of these words seem to be almost indispensable in technical law language.

HER'I-OT, n. [Sax. heregeat; here, army, and geat, tribute, supply, from geotan, to flow, to render.]

In English law, a tribute or fine payable to the lord of the fee on the decease of the owner, landholder or vassal. Originally this tribute consisted of military furniture, or of horses and arms, as appears by the laws of Canute, C. 69. But as defined by modern writers, a heriot is a customary tribute of goods and chattels, payable to the lord of the fee on the decease of the owner of the land; or a render of the best beast or other movables to the lord on the death of the tenant. Heriots were of two sorts; heriot service, which was due by reservation in a grant or lease of lands; and heriot custom, which depended solely on immemorial usage. Wilkins. Spelman. Blackstone.

HER'I-OT-A-BLE, a.

Subject to the payment of a heriot. Burn.

HER'IS-SON, n. [Fr. a hedgehog, from herisser, to bristle, to stand out as hair.]

In fortification, a beam or bar armed with iron spikes pointing outward, and turning on a pivot; used to block up a passage. Encyc.

HER'IT-A-BLE, a. [from the root of heir, L. hæres.]

1. Capable of inheriting or taking by descent. By the canon law this son shall be legitimate and heritable. Hale.
2. That may be inherited. [This is the true sense.]
3. Annexed to estates of inheritance. In Scots law, heritable rights are all rights that affect lands or other immovables. Encyc. Blackstone.

HER'IT-AGE, n. [Fr. from the root of heir.]

1. Inheritance; an estate that passes from an ancestor to an heir by descent or course of law; that which is inherited. In Scots law, it sometimes signifies immovable estate, in distinction from movable.
2. In Scripture, the saints or people of God are called his heritage, as being claimed by him, and the objects of his special care. 1 Pet. v.

HER-MAPH-RO-DE'I-TY, n.

Hermaphrodism. B. Jonson.

HER-MAPH'RO-DISM, n. [infra.]

The union of the two sexes in the same individual. Dict. Nat. Hist.

HER-MAPH'RO-DITE, a.

Designating both sexes in the same animal, flower or plant.