one who is guilty of committing heresy; traitor
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Apostates Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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
Apostates Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Apostasy (; (apostasia), 'a defection or revolt', from ἀπό, apo, 'away, apart', στάσις, stasis, 'stand, 'standing') is the formal disaffiliation from or abandonment or renunciation of a religion by a person. One who commits apostasy (or who apostatises) is known as an apostate. These terms have a pejorative implication in everyday use. The term apostasy is used by sociologists to mean renunciation and criticism of, or opposition to, a person's former religion, in a technical sense and without pejorative connotation.
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