Word Definition

Apostate

  1. To apostatize.
  2. Pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade.
  3. 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.
  4. One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.

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