apostate (redirected from Apostates)

a·pos·tate  (-pstt, -tt)

n.

One who has abandoned one's religious faith, a political party, one's principles, or a cause.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin apostata, from Greek apostats, from aphistanai, to revolt; see apostasy.]

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a·postate adj.

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apostate [əˈpɒsteɪt -tɪt]

n

a person who abandons his religion, party, cause, etc.

adj

guilty of apostasy

apostatical  [ˌæpəˈstætɪk^əl] adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	apostate - a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. deserter, ratter, turncoat, recreant, renegade quitter - a person who gives up too easily
Adj.	1.	apostate - not faithful to religion or party or cause unfaithful - not true to duty or obligation or promises; "an unfaithful lover"

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apostate

noun

deserter, traitor, renegade, defector, heretic, turncoat, backslider, recreant (archaic) He was an early apostate, leaving the party last year.

adjective

disloyal, false, untrue, treacherous, unfaithful, heretical, faithless, backsliding, perfidious, traitorous, recreant the writings of apostate reformers like Luther

Translations

apostate [əˈpɒstɪt] N → apóstata mf

apostate [əˈpɒsteɪt] (formal) n (= renegade, defector) → apostat(e) m/f

apostate

n → Renegat(in) m(f), → Abtrünnige(r) mf; (Rel also) → Apostat m; he’s an apostate from the party → er ist ein Parteirenegat

adj → abtrünnig, abgefallen

apostate [əˈpɒsteɪt] n (frm) → apostata m/f