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apostate

/əˈpɔːsteɪt/uh-PAW-stayt
/əˈpɔsteɪt/uh-PAW-stayt

Meaningdefector

Common meaning: person who abandons a religious belief

Journey through time

  1. Greekapostatēs‘defector’source
  2. Late Latinapostata‘defector’source
  3. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsdefector → person who abandons beliefapostate‘person who abandons belief’source
  4. Englishapostate‘person who abandons a religious belief’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Greek apostatēs ‘defector’.

Roots

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