Bible Dictionaries
Apostate

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade.

(2):

(v. i.) To apostatize.

(3):

(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.

(4):

(n.) One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Apostate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/apostate.html. 1828.