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Apostate
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade.
(2):
(v. i.) To apostatize.
(3):
(n.) 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.
(4):
(n.) One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Apostate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/apostate.html. 1828.