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Apostate
//əˈpɔs.teɪt// adj, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Guilty of apostasy. not-comparable
"We must punish this apostate priest."
Adjective
- 1 not faithful to religion or party or cause wordnet
Noun
- 1 A person who has renounced a religion or faith. countable
- 2 a disloyal person who betrays or deserts their cause or religion or political party or friend etc. wordnet
- 3 One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
- 4 One who has renounced a political party, a cause, etc. broadly
"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."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Late Latin apostata, from Ancient Greek ἀποστάτης (apostátēs, “rebel”), from ἀφίστημι (aphístēmi, “to withdraw, revolt”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).
Etymology 2
From Late Latin apostata, from Ancient Greek ἀποστάτης (apostátēs, “rebel”), from ἀφίστημι (aphístēmi, “to withdraw, revolt”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).
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