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5 definitions found 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 \A*pos"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 \A*pos"tate\, v. i. [L. apostatare.] To apostatize. [Obs.] We are not of them which apostate from Christ. --Bp. Hall. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: apostate adj : not faithful to religion or party or cause n : a disloyal person who forsakes his cause or religion or political party or friend etc [syn: {deserter}, {renegade}, {recreant}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: APOSTATE, n. A leech who having penetrated the shell of a turtle only to find that the creature has long been dead, deems it expedient to form a new attachment to a fresh turtle.
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