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apostate

n. சமயப்பகைவன், பழைய கொள்கைகளைக் கைவிடுபவன், (பெ.) சமயக் கோட்பாடுகளுக்கடங்காத.


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A*pos"tate, n. Etym: [L. apostata, Gr. 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.) Defn: One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession. A*pos"tate, a. Defn: Pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade. So spake the apostate angel. Milton. A wretched and apostate state. Steele. A*pos"tate, v. i. Etym: [L. apostatare.] Defn: To apostatize. [Obs.] We are not of them which apostate from Christ. Bp. Hall.


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