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Definition of Apostates

Apostate
Apostate A*pos"tate, n. [L. apostata, Gr. ?, fr. ?. See Apostasy.] 1. One who has forsaken the faith, principles, or party, to which he before adhered; esp., one who has forsaken his religion for another; a pervert; a renegade. 2. (R. C. Ch.) One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
Apostate
Apostate A*pos"tate, a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade. So spake the apostate angel. --Milton. A wretched and apostate state. --Steele.
Apostate
Apostate A*pos"tate, v. i. [L. apostatare.] To apostatize. [Obs.] We are not of them which apostate from Christ. --Bp. Hall.

Meaning of Apostates from wikipedia

- believers call themselves apostates due to the term's negative connotation. Many religious groups and some states punish apostates; this may be the official...
- to return apostates to Islam, nor any specific corporal punishment to apply to apostates in this world – let alone commands to kill apostates – either...
- Apostatic may refer to: Apostatic selection, the selection by predators consuming abundantly occurring prey types Apostasy, the formal renunciation of...
- Look up apostate or apostates in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An apostate is one who renounces their religion. Apostate or Apostates may also refer...
- Apostatic selection is a form of negative frequency-dependent selection. It describes the survival of individual prey animals that are different (through...
- 6–11). Apostates and traitors who blaspheme the Lord by their sins are completely destro**** (Sim. 8.6:4). Another parable describes apostates as certain...
- Neoplatonic ****enism in its place, caused him to be remembered as Julian the Apostate in Christian tradition. He is sometimes referred to as Julian the Philosopher...
- The situation for apostates from Islam varies markedly between Muslim-minority and Muslim-majority regions. In Muslim-minority countries, "any violence...
- Apostates is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1897. Its only species, Apostates solitaria, was first described by...
- Namazie – Iranian communist, political activist and leader of the British apostate-organization Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain M****in Kevin Labidi – Dutch...