MEANING
A person who abandons a previously held faith or allegiance.
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- religious apostate
- branded an apostate
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The congregation branded him an apostate.
An apostate returned to confront the priest.
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Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular apostate; plural apostates. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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