Associations to the word «Apostate»

Wiktionary

APOSTATE, adjective. Guilty of apostasy.
APOSTATE, noun. A person who has renounced a religion or faith.
APOSTATE, noun. (Roman Catholicism) One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.

Dictionary definition

APOSTATE, noun. A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc..
APOSTATE, adjective. Not faithful to religion or party or cause.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King