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Lapsed

//læpst// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Discontinued; having ceased or gone out of use. not-comparable, usually

    "The royal charities on Maunday Thursday, are really a portion of an otherwise lapsed custom, which recalled the action of our Lord on the day before His Crucifixion."

  2. 2
    Changed to a less valued condition or state; especially having lost one's religious faith. not-comparable, usually

    "...satisfy the Doubtful, confirm the Wavering, recover the Lapsed, and be useful to all according to their several Circumstances and Conditions."

  3. 3
    By extension, having changed a (secular) belief or adherence. humorous, not-comparable, usually

    "My mother knew that I was a lapsed Republican, but did not dream of the depth to which I had fallen."

  4. 4
    Having passed from the original holder or authority; no longer claimed. archaic, not-comparable, usually

    "The only legitimate claimants must be, Albert of Austria, son of the sister of the last duke John; and the emperor Sigsmund, who might consider this part of Bavaria as a lapsed fief: that in this quality he had given the investiture of it to his son-in-law"

Adjective
  1. 1
    no longer active or practicing wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of lapse form-of, participle, past

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