Apostate
A·pos·tate
Apostate
n.
- 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.
- One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession. (R. C. Ch.)
Apostate
a.
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Pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade.
So spake the apostate angel.
A wretched and apostate state.
Apostate
v. i.
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To apostatize. [Obs.]
We are not of them which apostate from Christ.