miscreance
/ˈmɪskrɪəns/noun
1False belief or faith; lack of belief; (formerly) specifically paganism or heresy.
2Wrongdoing, misdemeanour.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in John Gower (d. 1408), poet. From Anglo-Norman and Middle French mescreance from mescreant; compare -ance. Compare Old Occitan mescrezensa, mescrezenza, Occitan mescresença.
- pre-packer
- prepaid
- pre-Palaeolithic
- prepalatal
- prepalatine
- pre-Paleolithic
- preparable
- preparate
- preparation
- preparation day
- preparationism
- preparationist
- preparation sermon
- preparative
- preparatively
- preparative meeting
- preparator
- mechoacanna
- mecholyl
- mecillinam
- Meckel
- Meckelian
- Meckelian cartilage
- Meckel's ganglion
- Mecklenburg