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apostate (c.1305)
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apostate (c.1305)

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apostat  (apostotat ),
Latin apostata  
  FEW:  apostata 25,18a Gdf:  apostate 1,350a GdfC:  apostat 8,151b TL: apostat 1,463 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  apostat  / apostate  TLF:  apostat  OED:  apostate n. and a.  MED:  apostata n. and a.  DMLBS:  apostata 101a

a. or s.

theol.apostate: 
( c.1305; MS: c.1330 )  L’un si est apostata (var. (C: c.1310) apostat; (O: s.xivm) apostotat) de mal apostasye, L'autre est nigromauncer de nigromauncerye  BOZ Char 474
( 1381 )  les aliens, les mendinantz (l. mendivantz), les apostates et autres persones nient dignes  Rot Parl1 iii 117
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  diverses gentz de religione eschapez et apostates  Anon Chr1 63.30
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