apostaticadj.
/apəʊˈstatɪk/ rare.
= apostate adj. 1.
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forraughtc1175
renayedc1380
apostate1382
apostasied1393
relapse?a1425
departed1439
renegate1488
retractive1509
apostatical1532
shrinking1535
apostatatec1540
runagate1558
apostatic1583
apostatous1588
collapsed1609
renegado1612
recreant1613
apotactical1615
apostatized1629
apostating1630
lapsed1638
apostated1642
apostatizing1652
renegade1664
diabolonian1682
backsliding1816
relapsing1864
backslidden1871
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xxxviii. 228 The Apostatike or backeslyding Church of Rome.
1841 Englishman's Mag. Oct. 114 Rome is opposed to our..apostolic Church, as unholy, schismatical, and apostatic.
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