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Definition of apostate noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

apostate

noun
 
/əˈpɒsteɪt/
 
/əˈpɑːsteɪt/
(formal)
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  1. a person who has rejected their religious or political beliefs
    Word OriginMiddle English: from ecclesiastical Latin apostata, from Greek apostatēs ‘apostate, runaway slave’.
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