apostate C2 Topic:Religion & Belief US /əˈpɔs.teɪt/ UK /əˈpɒs.teɪt/ See IPA manual Freq #56947 Meanings 1 adj Guilty of apostasy. We must punish this apostate priest. 2 noun 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. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 noun · one who has renounced a... apostatebalimbingbutterflychangelingdefectorrecreantrunagatetraitor Word family Related forms apostasyapostaticapostaticalapostaticallyapostatiseapostatizeheresyhereticheretical Etymology From Late Latin apostata, from Ancient Greek ἀποστάτης (apostátēs, “rebel”), from ἀφίστημι (aphístēmi, “to withdraw, revolt”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”). Topics Religion & Belief External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # apostate **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj, noun **IPA (US):** /əˈpɔs.teɪt/ **IPA (UK):** /əˈpɒs.teɪt/ **Frequency rank:** 56947 ## Meanings 1. Guilty of apostasy. 2. One who has renounced a political party, a cause, etc. ## Examples - We must punish this apostate priest. - 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. ## Synonyms - apostate - balimbing - butterfly - changeling - defector - recreant - runagate - traitor ## Related Forms - apostasy - apostatic - apostatical - apostatically - apostatise - apostatize - heresy - heretic - heretical ## Etymology From Late Latin apostata, from Ancient Greek ἀποστάτης (apostátēs, “rebel”), from ἀφίστημι (aphístēmi, “to withdraw, revolt”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”). ## Topics - Religion & Belief markdown