apostate

English

Etymology

From Late Latin apostata, from Ancient Greek ἀποστασία (apostasia, “defection, revolt”), from ἀφίστημι (aphistēmi, “I withdraw, revolt”), from ἀπό (apo, “from”) + ἵστημι (histēmi, “I stand”)

Adjective

apostate (not comparable)

1. Guilty of apostasy.

   We must punish this apostate priest.

   • Milton

     So spake the apostate angel.

   • Steele

     A wretched and apostate state.

Noun

apostate (plural apostates)

1. A person who has renounced a religion or faith.
2. (Roman Catholicism) One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.

Related terms

• apostasy
• apostatical

Synonyms

• deconvert
• recreant

Translations

person who renounces a faith

• Arabic: مرتد (ar) (murtadd)
• Bulgarian: вероотстъпник (bg) (verootstǎ̀pnik) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 變節者 (cmn), 变节者 (cmn) (biànjiézhě)

• Czech: odpadlík (cs) m
• Finnish: luopio (fi)
• French: apostat (fr) m, apostate (fr) f
• German: Abtrünniger (de) m, Abtrünnige (de) f, Apostat (de) m

• Greek: αποστάτης (el) (apostátis) m
• Icelandic: trúníðingur (is) m
• Italian: apostata (it) m and f
• Japanese: 背教者 (ja) (はいきょうしゃ, haikyōsha)
• Korean: 배교자 (ko) (baegyoja)
• Russian: отступник (ru) (otstúpnik) m, отступница (ru) (otstúpnica) f, вероотступник (ru) (verootstúpnik) m, вероотступница (ru) (verootstúpnica) f
• Slovak: odpadlík (sk) m, odpadlíčka (sk) f
• Spanish: apóstata (es) m and f

See also

• heretic

External links

• Apostasy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Apostasy

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Italian

Noun

apostate f

1. Plural form of apostata