α. Middle English postataes (plural).
β. late Middle English postate.
† postaten.
Obsolete.
= apostate n.
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a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1882) VIII. 315 And postataes [?a1475 anon. tr. men fugitive from their ordre; L. ordinum fugitivos] and evel doers he favored strongliche.
1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton G viij Euery one sholde say that ye were a postate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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