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apostate

noun

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adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /əˈpɒs.teɪt/ / /əˈpɒs.tət/ / /əˈpɔs.teɪt/

adj

Etymology: From Late Latin apostata, from Ancient Greek ἀποστάτης (apostátēs, “rebel”), from ἀφίστημι (aphístēmi, “to withdraw, revolt”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).

  1. Guilty of apostasy.

    We must punish this apostate priest.

    VVho can impair thee, mighty King, or bound / Thy Empire? eaſily the proud attempt / Of Spirits apoſtat and thir Counſels vaine / Thou haſt repeld, vvhile impiouſly they thought / Thee to diminiſh, and from thee vvithdravv / The number of thy vvorſhippers.

noun

Etymology: From Late Latin apostata, from Ancient Greek ἀποστάτης (apostátēs, “rebel”), from ἀφίστημι (aphístēmi, “to withdraw, revolt”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).

  1. A person who has renounced a religion or faith.
  2. One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
  3. One who has renounced a political party, a cause, etc.

    But the most politically damaging blow came from a late-breaking apostate: Mr. Clooney, who just weeks earlier had spent time with Mr. Biden and helped deliver $28 million to his campaign at a Los Angeles fund-raiser.