apostate
adj. guilty of apostasy (abandonment of religious vows or values) n. one who is guilty of committing heresy; traitor | ||||
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Apostate Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Apostate
(v. i.)
To apostatize.
(n.)
One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
(n.)
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.
(a.)
Pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade.
(v. i.)
To apostatize.
(n.)
One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
(n.)
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.
(a.)
Pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade.
| WordNet 2.0 |
apostate
Noun
1. a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
(synonym) deserter, renegade, turncoat, recreant, ratter
(hypernym) quitter
(derivation) apostatize, apostatise, tergiversate
Adjective
1. not faithful to religion or party or cause
(similar) unfaithful
Noun
1. a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
(synonym) deserter, renegade, turncoat, recreant, ratter
(hypernym) quitter
(derivation) apostatize, apostatise, tergiversate
Adjective
1. not faithful to religion or party or cause
(similar) unfaithful
| The Devil's Dictionary |
APOSTATE
Apostate, (n.)
A leech who, having penetrated the shell of a turtle only to find that the creature has long been dead, deems it expedient to form a new attachment to a fresh turtle.
Apostate, (n.)
A leech who, having penetrated the shell of a turtle only to find that the creature has long been dead, deems it expedient to form a new attachment to a fresh turtle.
| hEnglish - advanced version |
apostate
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.
2. (r. c. ch.) one who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
apostate
\a*pos"tate\, a. pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade. so spake the apostate angel. a wretched and apostate state.
apostate
\a*pos"tate\, v. i. [l. apostatare.] to apostatize. [obs.] we are not of them which apostate from christ. hall.
apostate
adj : not faithful to religion or party or cause n : a disloyal person who forsakes his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. [syn: deserter, renegade, recreant]
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.
2. (r. c. ch.) one who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
apostate
\a*pos"tate\, a. pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade. so spake the apostate angel. a wretched and apostate state.
apostate
\a*pos"tate\, v. i. [l. apostatare.] to apostatize. [obs.] we are not of them which apostate from christ. hall.
apostate
adj : not faithful to religion or party or cause n : a disloyal person who forsakes his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. [syn: deserter, renegade, recreant]
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apostate
False.
False.
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Gwrthgiliwr
Gwrthgiliwr = n. a back-slider, a seceder, an apostate
Gwrthgiliwr = n. a back-slider, a seceder, an apostate
Apostate Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Glossary of religious terms |
Apostate
a person who was once affiliated with a faith group, but has since "fallen away" and left the group. One group's apostate is another group's convert. Very severe penalties exist in some countries of the world against individuals who abandon the state religion in favor of another faith.
a person who was once affiliated with a faith group, but has since "fallen away" and left the group. One group's apostate is another group's convert. Very severe penalties exist in some countries of the world against individuals who abandon the state religion in favor of another faith.
| Medieval Glossary |
apostate
one who leaves a religious order after having professed (usually via vows) to remain in the order
one who leaves a religious order after having professed (usually via vows) to remain in the order
Apostate Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Apostasy
Apostasy (from Greek αποστασία, meaning a defection or revolt, from απο, apo, "away, apart", στασις, stasis, "standing") is a term generally employed to describe the formal abandonment or renunciation of one's religion, especially if the motive is deemed unworthy. In a technical sense, as used sometimes by sociologists without the pejorative connotations of the word, the term refers to renunciation and criticism of, or opposition to one's former religion. One who commits apostasy is an apostate, or one who apostatises. Apostasy is generally not a self-definition: very few former believers call themselves apostates and they generally consider this term to be a pejorative. One of the possible reasons for this renunciation is loss of faith, another is the failure of alleged religious indoctrination or brainwashing.
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