Canadian English Meaning of apostate

apostate

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Definitions and Meaning of apostate in English

Wordnet

apostate (n)

a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

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apostate (s)

not faithful to religion or party or cause

Webster

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.

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apostate (a.)

Pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade.

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apostate (v. i.)

To apostatize.

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apostate

a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc., not faithful to religion or party or causeOne who has forsaken

defector,Deserter,insurgent,rebel,renegade,Quisling,coward,revolutionary,turncoat,deserter

adherent,disciple,Follower,loyalist,supporter,fanatic,militant,partisan,partisan,Zealot

apostasy => apostasy, apostasies => apostasies, apositic => apodictic, aposiopetic => aposiopetic, aposiopesis => aposiopesis,