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apostate definition

apos·tate (-tāt′, -tit)

noun

a person guilty of apostasy; renegade

Etymology: ME apostate, apostata < OFr apostate & ML apostata < LL(Ec) apostata < Gr(Ec) apostates < Gr, deserter, rebel: see apostasy

adjective

guilty of apostasy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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