apostate

About 0.43 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Exhibiting apostasy; guilty of apostasy.

   We must punish this apostate priest.

2. noun A person who has renounced a religion or faith.
3. noun One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
4. noun One who has renounced a political party, a cause, etc.

Similar words

renegade recreant deserter unfaithful convert unapostatized nonrepentant reprobate unapostolical unbaptized

Often followed by

from and church to jews angels priest jew in

Word family

apostates