Apostate
11apostate — UK [əˈpɒsteɪt] / US [əˈpɑsˌteɪt] noun [countable] Word forms apostate : singular apostate plural apostates formal someone who has given up their religious or political beliefs …
12apostate — noun Date: 14th century one who commits apostasy • apostate adjective …
13apostate — 1. adjective Guilty of apostasy. We must punish this apostate priest. 2. noun A person who has renounced a religion or faith. Syn: deconvert, recreant See Also …
14apostate — [[t]əpɒ̱steɪt[/t]] apostates N COUNT An apostate is someone who has abandoned their religious faith, political loyalties, or principles. [FORMAL] Syn: renegade, defector Ant: follower …
15apostate — [ apəsteɪt] noun a person who renounces a belief or principle. adjective having abandoned a belief or principle. Derivatives apostatical adjective Origin ME: from eccles. L. apostata, from Gk apostatēs apostate, runaway slave …
16apostate — n. & adj. n. a person who renounces a former belief, adherence, etc. adj. engaged in apostasy. Derivatives: apostatical adj. Etymology: ME f. OF apostate or eccl.L apostata f. Gk apostates deserter (as APOSTASY) …
17apostate — apostatically /ap euh stat ik lee/, adv. /euh pos tayt, tit/, n. 1. a person who forsakes his religion, cause, party, etc. adj. 2. of or characterized by apostasy. [1300 50; ME < LL apostata < Gk apostátes, equiv. to aposta (see APOSTASY) + tes n …
18Apostate — Someone who abandoned or rejected their faith or moral allegiance, esp. after taking an oath; someone who was unfaithful. Apostasy was also applied to infidels, i.e. non Christians, regardless of oath. This apostasy eliminated any scruple about… …
19apostate — Synonyms and related words: Sabbath breaker, atheist, atheistic, backslider, backsliding, blasphemer, blasphemous, bolter, collaborationist, collaborative, collaborator, convert, defector, degenerate, demurrer, deserter, disloyal, dissenter,… …
20APOSTATE — an epithet applied to the Emperor Julian, from his having, conscientiously however, abjured the Christian religion established by Constantine, in favour of paganism. APOSTLE OF GERMANY, St. Boniface; A. OF IRELAND, St. Patrick; OF THE… …
