Synonyms for apostate

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh-pos-teyt, -tit

Phonetic Transcription : əˈpɒs teɪt, -tɪt

Définition of apostate

Origin : mid-14c., "one who forsakes his religion or faith," from Old French apostate (Modern French apostat) and directly from Late Latin apostata, from Greek apostasia "defection, desertion, rebellion," from apostenai "to defect," literally "to stand off," from apo- "away from" (see apo-) + stenai "to stand." Used in non-religious situations (politics, etc.) from mid-14c.

noun traitor

Example sentences :

And yet does not the wife of Lot appear to have been punished as an apostate?
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox

The Gods have suspended their thunder over the head of the apostate.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

An apostate from the condition of a pravajita or religious mendicant.
Extract from : « Hindu Law and Judicature » by Yjnavalkya

You ask, why do these men remain in a Church which they see to be apostate?
Extract from : « Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber » by James Aitken Wylie

To such depths of servility and degradation do apostate nations fall.
Extract from : « Public School Education » by Michael Mller

In fact, he is worse than an infidel; he is an apostate Christian, or an apostate from the faith.
Extract from : « Epistle Sermons, Vol. II » by Martin Luther

So there, girl, you have now the bigot from whom it comes, and the apostate to whom it goes.
Extract from : « The Emigrants Of Ahadarra » by William Carleton

Well, he was an apostate but then, you know, he meant what he was about.
Extract from : « The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Complete » by George Meredith

He renounced Christianity and is known in history as Julian the Apostate.
Extract from : « The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 » by Various

They were followers of the crucified Nazarene, of the apostate Saul.
Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Galatians » by G. G. Findlay

Antonyms for apostate

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