An onanist excited keeping note for heretics (11)
I believe the answer is:
antinomians
'heretics' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'an onanist excited keeping note' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'an' could be 'i' (Roman numeral for one) and 'i' is present in the answer.
'note' could be 'mi' (as in 'do re mi') and 'mi' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for antinomians that I've seen is " People rejecting religious law".)