Apostate vs Straggler - What's the difference?
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Guilty of apostasy.
* Milton
* Steele
A person who has renounced a religion or faith.
(Roman Catholicism) One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs.
One who falls behind the rest.
One who rambles without any settled direction.
A roving vagabond.
Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth.
Something that stands alone or by itself.
Apostate is a related term of straggler.
As nouns the difference between apostate and straggler
is that apostate is a person who has renounced a religion or faith while straggler is one who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs.As an adjective apostate
is guilty of apostasy.apostate
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Adjective
(-)- We must punish this apostate priest.
- So spake the apostate angel.
- A wretched and apostate state.
