From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Apostate \A*pos"tate\, a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to
moral allegiance; renegade.
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So spake the apostate angel. --Milton.
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A wretched and apostate state. --Steele.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Apostate \A*pos"tate\, v. i. [L. apostatare.]
To apostatize. [Obs.]
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We are not of them which apostate from Christ. --Bp.
Hall.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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2. (R. C. Ch.) One who, after having received sacred orders,
renounces his clerical profession.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
apostate
adj 1: not faithful to religion or party or cause
n 1: a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or
religion or political party or friend etc. [syn:
{deserter}, {apostate}, {renegade}, {turncoat}, {recreant},
{ratter}]
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