apostate

apostate
Synonyms and related words:
Sabbath-breaker, atheist, atheistic, backslider, backsliding, blasphemer, blasphemous, bolter, collaborationist, collaborative, collaborator, convert, defector, degenerate, demurrer, deserter, disloyal, dissenter, dissentient, dissident, faithless, fallen, fallen from grace, fifth columnist, impious, irreligious, irreverent, lapsed, mugwump, nonconformist, objector, opinionist, opposition voice, profanatory, profane, proselyte, protestant, protester, quisling, rat, recidivist, recidivistic, recreant, recusant, renegade, renegado, renegate, reversionist, runagate, sacrilegious, sacrilegist, schismatic, seceder, secessionist, sectarian, sectary, separatist, strikebreaker, tergiversant, tergiversating, tergiversator, traitor, traitorous, treasonable, treasonous, turnabout, turncoat, turntail, unbeliever, undutiful

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  • Apostate — A*pos tate, a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade. [1913 Webster] So spake the apostate angel. Milton. [1913 Webster] A wretched and apostate state. Steele. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • apostate — [ə päs′tāt΄, ə pästit] n. [ME apostate, apostata < OFr apostate & ML apostata < LL(Ec) apostata < Gr(Ec) apostates < Gr, deserter, rebel: see APOSTASY] a person guilty of apostasy; renegade adj. guilty of apostasy …   English World dictionary

  • Apostate — A*pos tate, v. i. [L. apostatare.] To apostatize. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] We are not of them which apostate from Christ. Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (R. C.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • apostate — index heretic, recreant, recusant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • apostate — n *renegade, turncoat, recreant, backslider Analogous words: deserter, forsaker, abandoner (see corresponding verbs at ABANDON): *heretic, schismatic, dissenter, nonconformist Contrasted words: *convert, proselyte …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • apostate — [n] traitor backslider, defector, deserter, dissenter, heretic, nonconformist, rat*, recreant, renegade, turncoat; concepts 359,412 Ant. adherent, faithful, loyalist …   New thesaurus

  • apostate — ► NOUN ▪ a person who renounces a belief or principle …   English terms dictionary

  • apostate — {{11}}apostate (adj.) late 14c.; see APOSTATE (Cf. apostate) (adj.). {{12}}apostate (n.) mid 14c., one who forsakes his religion or faith, from O.Fr. apostate (Mod.Fr. apostat) and directly from L.L. apostata, from Gk. apostasia defection,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • apostate — n. (formal) an apostate from (an apostate from the true faith) * * * [ə pɒsteɪt] (formal) an apostate from (an apostate from the true faith) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • apostate — UK [əˈpɒsteɪt] / US [əˈpɑsˌteɪt] noun [countable] Word forms apostate : singular apostate plural apostates formal someone who has given up their religious or political beliefs …   English dictionary

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