Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Miscreant

Miscreant , noun

[Old French mescreant, French mécréant; pref. mes- (Latin minus less) + p. pr. from Latin credere to believe. See Creed.]

1.
One who holds a false religious faith; a misbeliever. [Obsolete] — 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 depraved person; a vile wretch. — Addison

Miscreant , adjective

1.
Holding a false religious faith.
2.
Destitute of conscience; unscrupulous; villainous; base; depraved. — Pope