Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for A-POS'TATE
A-POS'TATE, n. [Gr. αποστατης.]
One who has forsaken the church, sect or profession to which he before adhered. In its original sense, applied to one who has abandoned his religion; but correctly applied also to one who abandons a political or other party.
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