- (n.) One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
- (n.) One who has forsaken the faith, principles or party, to which he before adhered; especially, one who has forsaken his religion for another; a pervert; a renegade.
- (a.) Pertaining to or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade.
- (v.i.) To apostatize.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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