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apostate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /əˈpɒs.teɪt/ (UK)
• (US) audio
• /əˈpɔs.teɪt/ (US)
• /əˈpɒs.tət/ (UK)
• /əˈpɔs.tɪt/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /əˈpɔs.tət/ (US)
• /əˈpɑs.-/ (US, cot-caught-merger)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Late Latin apostata, from Ancient Greek ἀποστάτης (apostátēs, “rebel”), from ἀφίστημι (aphístēmi, “to withdraw, revolt”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Guilty of apostasy.
   • We must punish this apostate priest.
   • a wretched and apostate state 1711 April 1 (Gregorian calendar), [Richard Steele], “WEDNESDAY, March 22, 1710–1711”, in The Spectator, number 19; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
   • An enormous number of monks and priests gave themselves up to sorcery, and there was no lack of apostate priests to perform the ceremonies of the Black Mass. 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 101:
   • VVho can impair thee, mighty King, or bound / Thy Empire? eaſily the proud attempt / Of Spirits apoſtat and thir Counſels vaine / Thou haſt repeld, vvhile impiouſly they thought / Thee to diminiſh, and from thee vvithdravv / The number of thy vvorſhippers. 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 608–613:

Translations (8)

de abtrünnig (guilty of apostasy) · ru отсту́пнический (guilty of apostasy) · pl apostatyczny (guilty of apostasy) · nl afvallig (guilty of apostasy) · ar مُرْتَدّ (guilty of apostasy) · hu hitehagyott (guilty of apostasy) · de apostatisch (guilty of apostasy) · hi विधर्मी (guilty of apostasy)

apostate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əˈpɒs.teɪt/ (UK)
• (US) audio
• /əˈpɔs.teɪt/ (US)
• /əˈpɒs.tət/ (UK)
• /əˈpɔs.tɪt/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /əˈpɔs.tət/ (US)
• /əˈpɑs.-/ (US, cot-caught-merger)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Late Latin apostata, from Ancient Greek ἀποστάτης (apostátēs, “rebel”), from ἀφίστημι (aphístēmi, “to withdraw, revolt”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).

Meanings

1. (countable) A person who has renounced a religion or faith.
2. One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
3. (broadly) One who has renounced a political party, a cause, etc.
   • But the most politically damaging blow came from a late-breaking apostate: Mr. Clooney, who just weeks earlier had spent time with Mr. Biden and helped deliver $28 million to his campaign at a Los Angeles fund-raiser. 2024 July 11, Theodore Schleifer, Jacob Bernstein, Reid J. Epstein, “How Biden Lost George Clooney and Hollywood”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms

Relateds

heresy · apostasy · apostatical · apostatic · apostatize · apostatise · heretic · heretical · apostatically

Synonyms

butterfly · defector · balimbing · traitor · runagate · withersake · turncoat · turncloak · changeling · recreant · deconvert · apostate · withersake · turntippet · transfuge · turncoat

Translations (104)

tr mürtet (person who renounces a religion or faith) · tg муртадд (person who renounces a religion or faith) · mk отпадник (person who renounces a religion or faith) · sk odpadlíčka (person who renounces a religion or faith) · sh о̀тпадница (person who renounces a religion or faith) · sv apostat (person who renounces a religion or faith) · pl odstępczyni (person who renounces a religion or faith) · de Glaubensabgefallener (person who renounces a religion or faith) · ru отсту́пник (person who renounces a religion or faith) · de Abgefallene (person who renounces a religion or faith) · et usutaganeja (person who renounces a religion or faith) · da apostat (person who renounces a religion or faith) · is trúníðingur (person who renounces a religion or faith) · ru богоотсту́пник (person who renounces a religion or faith) · ur مُرْتَد (person who renounces a religion or faith) · uz murtad (person who renounces a religion or faith) · ru вероотсту́пница (person who renounces a religion or faith) · ru апоста́т (person who renounces a religion or faith) · mk отстапничка (person who renounces a religion or faith) · de Apostat (person who renounces a religion or faith) · ms murtad (person who renounces a religion or faith) · ps مرتد (person who renounces a religion or faith) · nl afvallige (person who renounces a religion or faith) · ba мөртәт (person who renounces a religion or faith) · uk віровідсту́пник (person who renounces a religion or faith) · pl odstępca (person who renounces a religion or faith) · sh òtpadnica (person who renounces a religion or faith) · uk боговідсту́пниця (person who renounces a religion or faith) · gl apóstata (person who renounces a religion or faith) · la apostata (person who renounces a religion or faith) · tg муртад (person who renounces a religion or faith) · de Glaubensabtrünniger (person who renounces a religion or faith) · ru отсту́пница (person who renounces a religion or faith) · mk отстапник (person who renounces a religion or faith) · bg вероотстъпница (person who renounces a religion or faith) · he מְשֻׁמָּד (person who renounces a religion or faith) · mi apotata (person who renounces a religion or faith) · ru вероотсту́пник (person who renounces a religion or faith) · sa पक्षहर (person who renounces a religion or faith) · el αποστάτρια (person who renounces a religion or faith) · mk отпадничка (person who renounces a religion or faith) · fi luopio (person who renounces a religion or faith) · de Abgefallener (person who renounces a religion or faith) · fa مرتد (person who renounces a religion or faith) · uk віровідсту́пниця (person who renounces a religion or faith) · lt atskalūnas (person who renounces a religion or faith) · it apostata (person who renounces a religion or faith) · de Glaubensabgefallene (person who renounces a religion or faith) · be вераадсту́пніца (person who renounces a religion or faith) · fi uskonluopio (person who renounces a religion or faith) · hi अन्यशाखक (person who renounces a religion or faith) · be адсту́пнік (person who renounces a religion or faith) · ja 背教者 (person who renounces a religion or faith) · az mürtəd (person who renounces a religion or faith) · nn apostat (person who renounces a religion or faith) · sh òtpadnīk (person who renounces a religion or faith) · ang apostata (person who renounces a religion or faith) · pl apostatka (person who renounces a religion or faith) · sk odpadlík (person who renounces a religion or faith) · cs odpadlík (person who renounces a religion or faith) · sh о̀тпаднӣк (person who renounces a religion or faith) · de Renegat (person who renounces a religion or faith) · lad משומד (person who renounces a religion or faith) · hi पक्षहर (person who renounces a religion or faith) · uk відсту́пник (person who renounces a religion or faith) · sl odpadnik (person who renounces a religion or faith) · be вераадсту́пнік (person who renounces a religion or faith) · ug مۇرتەت (person who renounces a religion or faith) · el αποστάτης (person who renounces a religion or faith) · de Renegatin (person who renounces a religion or faith) · bn মুরতাদ (person who renounces a religion or faith) · uk боговідсту́пник (person who renounces a religion or faith) · hy հավատուրաց (person who renounces a religion or faith) · pl apostata (person who renounces a religion or faith) · kmr murted (person who renounces a religion or faith) · uk відсту́пниця (person who renounces a religion or faith) · be адсту́пніца (person who renounces a religion or faith) · pt apóstata (person who renounces a religion or faith) · de Abtrünnige (person who renounces a religion or faith) · bg вероотстъпник (person who renounces a religion or faith) · fr apostate (person who renounces a religion or faith) · ro apostat (person who renounces a religion or faith) · hu hitehagyott (person who renounces a religion or faith) · lad meshumad (person who renounces a religion or faith) · ru апоста́тка (person who renounces a religion or faith) · es apóstata (person who renounces a religion or faith) · ru богоотсту́пница (person who renounces a religion or faith) · tt мөртәт (person who renounces a religion or faith) · la apostātrīx (person who renounces a religion or faith) · ko 배교자 (person who renounces a religion or faith) · sa अन्यशाखक (person who renounces a religion or faith) · de Apostatin (person who renounces a religion or faith) · de Abtrünniger (person who renounces a religion or faith) · de Glaubensabtrünnige (person who renounces a religion or faith) · sl odpadnica (person who renounces a religion or faith) · cmn 變節者 /变节者 (person who renounces a religion or faith) · cs odpadlice (person who renounces a religion or faith) · sv avfälling (person who renounces a religion or faith) · ro apostată (person who renounces a religion or faith) · ca apòstata (person who renounces a religion or faith) · ar مُرْتَدّ (person who renounces a religion or faith) · nb apostat (person who renounces a religion or faith) · el αποστάτισσα (person who renounces a religion or faith) · fr apostat (person who renounces a religion or faith)