apostate

apostate
[ˈapəsteɪt]
noun
  1. a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle
    (宗教信仰、政治信仰或原则的)背弃者,背叛者;变节者
adjective
  1. abandoning a religious or political belief or principle
    背弃 (宗教信仰、政治信仰或原则)的,背叛的;变节的
    an apostate Roman Catholic.
    罗马天主教的背叛者。
派生
apostatical
adjective
语源
  1. Middle English : from ecclesiastical Latin apostata, from Greek apostatēs 'apostate, runaway slave'
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