- Pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless
to moral allegiance; renegade.
2 . Apostate
[ 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. - One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces
his clerical profession.