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- DictionaryA·pos·tate/əˈpäˌstāt/
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"
: 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.
The meaning of APOSTASY is an act of refusing to continue to follow, obey, or recognize a religious faith.
An apostate is someone who stands away from something (or someone) that they used to stand with. This often involves the total rejection of a belief system that they used to subscribe to, especially a religious one.
APOSTATE definition: 1. someone who has given up their religion or left a political party 2. someone who has given up…. Learn more.
noun. a person who abandons his religion, party, cause, etc. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012. adjective. guilty of apostasy.
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.
There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the word apostate. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
apostate - a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
apostate. a person who has rejected their religious or political beliefs. Definition of apostate noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Apostate definition: One who has abandoned one's religious faith, a political party, one's principles, or a cause.
