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Definition of Apostates

Apostate
Apostate A*pos"tate, n. [L. apostata, Gr. ?, fr. ?. See Apostasy.] 1. 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. 2. (R. C. Ch.) One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
Apostate
Apostate A*pos"tate, a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade. So spake the apostate angel. --Milton. A wretched and apostate state. --Steele.
Apostate
Apostate A*pos"tate, v. i. [L. apostatare.] To apostatize. [Obs.] We are not of them which apostate from Christ. --Bp. Hall.

Meaning of Apostates from wikipedia

- believers call themselves apostates due to the term's negative connotation. Many religious groups and some states punish apostates; this may be the official...
- force an apostate to return to Islam, nor any specific corporal punishment to apply to apostates in this world – let alone commands to kill apostates – either...
- Apostatic may refer to: Apostatic selection, the selection by predators consuming abundantly occurring prey types Apostasy, the formal renunciation of...
- Look up apostate or apostates in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An apostate is one who renounces their religion. Apostate or Apostates may also refer...
- Apostates is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. There is only one known species, Apostates rapae, endemic to Rapa Iti in the Tubuai Islands...
- Apostatic selection is a form of negative frequency-dependent selection. It describes the survival of individual prey animals that are different (through...
- and Francisco de Quiñones, are thought to be descendants of apostate Jews. Known apostates who made their mark in history by attempting to convert other...
- generally speaking Eleutherodactylus apostates is a pinkish tan to grayish brown frog. Eleutherodactylus apostates live in closed-canopy forest at elevations...
- The Apostate is an 1817 tragedy by the Irish writer Richard Lalor Sheil. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden on 3 May 1817. The original cast...
- Neoplatonic ****enism in its place, caused him to be remembered as Julian the Apostate in Christian tradition. He is sometimes referred to as Julian the Philosopher...