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apostate

Pronunciation: /ˈapəsteɪt/

Definition of apostate

noun

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

adjective

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

Derivatives

apostatical

Pronunciation: /apəˈstatɪk(ə)l/

adjective

Origin:

Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin apostata, from Greek apostatēs 'apostate, runaway slave'

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