apostate
/əˈpɒs.teɪt//əˈpɔs.teɪt/
apostate adjective: guilty of apostasy.
Adjective
apostate (not comparable)
- Guilty of apostasy.
- We must punish this apostate priest.
- 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...
Noun
apostate (plural apostates)
- A person who has renounced a religion or faith.
- Synonyms:
- deconvert, withersake
- One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
- 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
apostate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
apostate in Hindi
- guilty of apostasy
- विधर्मी vidharmī
- person who renounces a religion or faith
- पक्षहर pakṣahar, अन्यशाखक anyaśākhak
apostate in Tamil
- சமயம், இனம், கட்சி முதலியவற்றைக் கைவிட்டு விலகியவன், துரோகி, பதிதன், சமயப்பகைவன்
apostate in Urdu
- person who renounces a religion or faith
- مُرْتَد murtad
apostate in Bengali
- person who renounces a religion or faith
- মুরতাদ murtad
More languagesFewer languages
- apostate in Malayalam
- സ്വമതത്യാഗി, ധർമ്മദ്വേഷി, വിമതൻ, സംഘത്യാഗി
- apostate in Punjabi
- ਮੁਨਕਿਰ munkir
- apostate in Sanskrit
- पक्षहर pakṣahara, अन्यशाखक anyaśākhaka
- apostate in Pashto
- مرتد mortad
- apostate in Arabic
- مُرْتَدّ murtadd
- apostate in Malay
- murtad
- apostate in Persian
- مرتد mortadd
Synonyms of apostate
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Forms of apostate
| plural | apostates |
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Origin of apostate
From Late Latin apostata, from Ancient Greek ἀποστάτης (apostátēs, “rebel”), from ἀφίστημι (aphístēmi, “to withdraw, revolt”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).
Questions about apostate
- What does apostate mean?
- Apostate means guilty of apostasy.
- What is apostate in Hindi?
- Apostate in Hindi is विधर्मी (vidharmī), पक्षहर (pakṣahar), अन्यशाखक (anyaśākhak). See Apostate meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is apostate?
- Apostate can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce apostate?
- Apostate is pronounced /əˈpɒs.teɪt/ (UK).
Words near apostate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: apostate (page history and authors); apostate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); apostate (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ਮੁਨਕਿਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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