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English Dictionary: apostate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
apostate adj not faithful to religion or party or cause n a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. Synonym(s): deserter, apostate, renegade, turncoat, recreant, ratter
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apostate \Apos"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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apostate \Apos"tate\, v. i. [L. apostatare.] To apostatize. [Obs.] We are not of them which apostate* from Christ. --Bp. Hall.