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Definition of Apostate
1. Noun. A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc..
Generic synonyms: Quitter
Derivative terms: Apostatise, Apostatize, Desert, Desert, Rat, Rat, Rat, Rat, Recreant, Renegade
2. Adjective. Not faithful to religion or party or cause.
Definition of Apostate
1. 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.
2. a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade.
3. v. i. To apostatize.
Definition of Apostate
1. Adjective. Guilty of apostasy. ¹
2. Noun. A person who has renounced a religion or faith. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Apostate
1. one who commits apostasy [n -S]
Medical Definition of Apostate
1. 1. One who has forsaken the faith, principles, or party, to which he before adhered; especially, one who has forsaken his religion for another; a pervert; a renegade. 2. One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession. Origin: L. Apostata, Gr, fr. See Apostasy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apostate
Literary usage of Apostate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Religious Thought in England, from the Reformation to the End of Last by John Hunt (1871)
"The essential identity of the two forms of religion was assumed all through the
book, and made a part of the argument. 'Julian the apostate' was immediately ..."
2. History of the Church, from Its First Establishment to Our Own Times by Jodocus Adolph Birkhaeuser (1898)
"Character of the imperial apostate—Nature and Causes of the Persecution under
... Julian, surnamed the apostate, the son of Julius Constantius and nephew of ..."
3. Historical Sketches of the Town of Leicester, Massachusetts, During the by Emory Washburn (1874)
"-\-Auer, Emperor Julian the apostate, in his Struggle with the Fathers of the
Church of his Time, Vienna, 1855. Wiggers, Julian the apostate. ..."
4. A Source Book for Ancient Church History: From the Apostolic Age to the by Joseph Cullen Ayer (1913)
"All were roused, and their officers could not restrain the angered soldiers.
§ 68. JULIAN THE apostate The reign of Julian the apostate ..."
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