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lapsed

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lapsed  (lpst)
adj.
No longer active or practicing: a lapsed Catholic; a lapsed club member.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.lapsed - no longer active or practicing; "a lapsed Catholic"
nonchurchgoing
irreligious - hostile or indifferent to religion
lapsed
adjective
1. expired, ended, finished, run out, invalid, out of date, discontinued, unrenewed He returned to the Party after years of lapsed membership.
2. backsliding, uncommitted, lacking faith, nonpractising She calls herself a lapsed Catholic.
Translations
lapsed [læpst] ADJ (Rel) → que ya no practica
lapsed [ˈlæpst] adj
lapsed Catholic → catholique m/f non pratiquant(e)
lapsed
adj Catholic → abtrünnig, vom Glauben abgefallen; insurance policy → abgelaufen, verfallen
lapsed [læpst] adj (contract, law, passport) → scaduto/a
lapsed Catholic → cattolico/a non praticante
lapsed [læpst] adj (contract, law, passport) → scaduto/a
lapsed Catholic → cattolico/a non praticante


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Beginning in Boston, they were continued in a Boston suburb, on the shores of Lake George, in a Western New York health resort, in Buffalo, in Nahant; once, twice, and thrice in New York, with reversions to Boston, and summer excursions to the hills and waters of New England, until it seemed that their author had at last said his say, and he voluntarily lapsed into silence with the applause of friends and enemies alike.
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This wild outbreak on the part of Sola so greatly surprised and shocked the other women, that, after a few words of general reprimand, they all lapsed into silence and were soon asleep.
A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Looking back across the seven centuries that have lapsed since Avis Everhard completed her manuscript, events, and the bearings of events, that were confused and veiled to her, are clear to us.
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