apostate

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

Guilty of apostasy.

Noun

1. (countable) A person who has renounced a religion or faith.
2. One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
3. (broadly) One who has renounced a political party, a cause, etc.

Sinonieme

renegade

turncoat

traitor

recreant

deserter

backslider

defector

heretic

nonconformist

ratter

schismatic

secessionist

unfaithful

pervert

knobstick

dissident

dissenter

scab

unorthodox

schismatical

seceder

untrue

sectarian

strikebreaker

disloyal

traitorous

heretical

heterodox

iconoclast

lapsed

betrayer

Vertalings

apostat

apostata

apóstata

αποστάτης

apóstata

afvallige

Abtrünniger

apòstata

renégat

Apostat

afvallig

Abtrünnige

apostate

Renegat

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/əˈpɒs.teɪt/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Late Latin apostata, from Ancient Greek ἀποστάτης (apostátēs, “rebel”), from ἀφίστημι (aphístēmi, “to withdraw, revolt”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).