Apostate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One who has abandoned one's religious faith, a political party, one's principles, or a cause.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Guilty of apostasy.
  • n. A person who has renounced a religion or faith.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • n. One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
  • adj. Pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade.
  • verb-intransitive. To apostatize.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who is guilty of apostasy; one who has forsaken the church, sect, party, profession, or opinion to which he before adhered (used in reproach); a renegade; a pervert.
  • n. In the Roman Catholic Church, one who, without obtaining a formal dispensation, forsakes a religious order of which he has made profession. Synonyms
  • Unfaithful to religious creed, or to moral or political principle; traitorous to allegiance; false; renegade: as, “the apostate lords,” Macaulay, Hist. Eng., i.
  • To apostatize.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • 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.
    • Equivalent
    unfaithful   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    quitter   
    Cross Reference
    deserter    heretic   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pervert    renegade    apostatize    recreant    deconvert   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    heretic    adulterer    Franciscan    blasphemer    deist   
     
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