apostate
Collocations
3VERB + APOSTATE
punish, wretched
APOSTATE + NOUN
clooney, mr, priest
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Definitions
adj
Guilty of apostasy.
We must punish this apostate priest.
VVho can impair thee, mighty King, or bound / Thy Empire? eaſily the proud attempt / Of Spirits apoſtat and thir Counſels vaine / Thou haſt repeld, vvhile impiouſly they thought / Thee to diminiſh, and from thee vvithdravv / The number of thy vvorſhippers.
noun
A person who has renounced a religion or faith.
One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
One who has renounced a political party, a cause, etc.
But the most politically damaging blow came from a late-breaking apostate: Mr. Clooney, who just weeks earlier had spent time with Mr. Biden and helped deliver $28 million to his campaign at a Los Angeles fund-raiser.
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5We must punish this apostate priest.
WiktionaryVVho can impair thee, mighty King, or bound / Thy Empire? eaſily the proud attempt / Of Spirits apoſtat and thir Counſels vaine / Thou haſt repeld, vvhile impiouſly they thought / Thee to diminiſh, an
Wiktionarya wretched and apostate state
WiktionaryBut the most politically damaging blow came from a late-breaking apostate: Mr. Clooney, who just weeks earlier had spent time with Mr. Biden and helped deliver $28 million to his campaign at a Los Ang
WiktionaryTom Jackson? He's an apostate.
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