Apostate
['æpəsteɪt]
Definition
(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.
(n.) One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
(a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade.
(v. i.) To apostatize.
Inputed by Evelyn
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Renegade, backslider, deserter, turncoat.
a. Treacherous, false, faithless, untrue, recreant, backsliding.
Typist: Pearl
Synonyms and Antonyms
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Unserious Contents or Definition
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.
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