☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Miscreant

A person who behaves badly or unlawfully; originally, a heretic or infidel. In legal usage, one guilty of a crime or misdemeanor, particularly one whose conduct shows depravity or moral turpitude.

Etymology: Old French 'mescreant' (unbelieving, heretical), from 'mes-' (wrongly) + 'creant' (believing), from Latin 'credere' (to believe) · Category: Criminal Law · Source: Oxford English Dictionary; Anglo-Norman legal records
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