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Apostate - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Apostate : adj : not faithful to religion or party or cause
(noun)
1: a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or
religion or political party or friend etc. [syn: deserter,
renegade, turncoat, recreant, ratter]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Apostate : \A*pos"tate\, n. [L. apostata, Gr. ?, fr. ?. See
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.) One who, after having received sacred orders,
renounces his clerical profession.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Apostate : \A*pos"tate\, a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to
moral allegiance; renegade.
So spake the apostate angel. --Milton.
A wretched and apostate state. --Steele.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Apostate : \A*pos"tate\, v. i. [L. apostatare.]
To apostatize. [Obs.]
We are not of them which apostate from Christ. --Bp.
Hall.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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