APOSTATE

apostate

(adjective) not faithful to religion or party or cause

deserter, apostate, renegade, turncoat, recreant, ratter

(noun) a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

apostate (not comparable)

Guilty of apostasy.

Noun

apostate (plural apostates)

A person who has renounced a religion or faith.

(Roman Catholicism) One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.

Synonyms

• deconvert

• recreant

• withersake

• murtad

Source: Wiktionary

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A*pos"tate, n. Etym: [L. apostata, Gr. Apostasy.]

1. One who has forsaken the faith, principles, or party, to which he before adhered; esp., one who has forsaken his religion for another; a pervert; a renegade.

2. (R. C. Ch.)

Definition: One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.

A*pos"tate, a.

Definition: Pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade. So spake the apostate angel. Milton. A wretched and apostate state. Steele.

A*pos"tate, v. i. Etym: [L. apostatare.]

Definition: To apostatize. [Obs.] We are not of them which apostate from Christ. Bp. Hall.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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