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   apostate

   /əˈpɒsteɪt/

   noun

   • 1. a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle: "after fifty years as an apostate he returned to the faith"

   adjective

   • 1. abandoning a religious or political belief or principle: "an apostate Roman Catholic"

   Word Origin Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin apostata, from Greek apostatēs ‘deserter, runaway slave, apostate’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. apostatical adjective

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   : one who commits apostasy. apostate adjective. Synonyms. defector. deserter. recreant. renegade. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of apostate in a Sentence. an apostate from communism, he later became one of its harshest critics became an apostate to liberalism after he had gotten wealthy.

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   An apostate is someone who has given up their religion or left a political party. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation, and related terms in English and other languages.

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   Apostate is sometimes used more specifically to refer to someone who rejects Christianity, but the term is also used in the context of other religions, such as Islam. Less commonly, apostate can be used as an adjective meaning guilty of apostasy or characterized by apostasy, as in He was condemned for his apostate writings.

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   Apostasy is the act of refusing to follow, obey, or recognize a religious faith or a previous loyalty. Learn the etymology, examples, synonyms, and related words of apostasy from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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   noun. a person who forsakes his religion, cause, party, etc. adjective. of or characterized by apostasy. apostate. / ˌæpəˈstætɪkəl; əˈpɒsteɪt; -tɪt / noun. a person who abandons his religion, party, cause, etc. adjective. guilty of apostasy. Discover More. Derived Forms. apostatical, adjective. Discover More. Other Words From.

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   adjective. not faithful to religion or party or cause. synonyms: unfaithful. not true to duty or obligation or promises. noun. a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. synonyms: deserter, ratter, recreant, renegade, turncoat. see more.

9. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishAPOSTATE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   An apostate is someone who has abandoned their religious faith, political loyalties, or principles. [ formal ] Synonyms: deserter , traitor , renegade , defector More Synonyms of apostate