apostate

English

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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.

Noun

apostate (plural apostates)

1. A person who has renounced a religion or faith.

Related terms

• apostasy

Synonyms

• deconvert
• recreant

Translations

person who renounces a faith

Bulgarian: вероотстъпник (bg) Chinese (simplified): 变节者 (bianjie-zhe) Chinese (traditional): 變節者 Czech: odpadlík (cs) m. Finnish: luopio (fi) French: apostate (fr) Greek: αποστάτης (el) (apostátis) m., αρνησίθρησκος (el) (arnisíthriskos) m., εξωμότης (el) (exomótis) m.

Icelandic: trúníðingur (is) m. Italian: apostata (it) m. and f. Japanese: 背信者 (haishin-sha) Korean: 배교자 (baegyoja) Russian: отступник (ru) (otstúnik) m. Slovak: odpadlík m., odpadlíčka f. Spanish: apóstata (es) m. and f.

See also

• heretic

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Italian

Noun

apostate f.

1. Plural form of apostata.