{ Mis"cre*ance (?), Mis"cre*an*cy (?), } n. [OF. mescreance, F.
mécréance incredulity.] The quality of being miscreant; adherence to a
false religion; false faith. [Obs.] Ayliffe.
Mis"cre*ant (?), n. [OF. mescreant, F. mécréant; pref. mes- (L. minus
less) + p. pr. fr. L. credere to believe. See Creed.]
1. One who holds a false religious faith; a misbeliever. [Obs.]
Spenser. De Quincey.
Thou oughtest not to be slothful to the destruction of the
miscreants, but to constrain them to obey our Lord God.
Rivers.
2. One not restrained by Christian principles; an unscrupulous villain;
a vile wretch. Addison. [1913 Webster]
Mis"cre*ant, a. 1. Holding a false religious faith.