British past tense of apostatise; renounced or abandoned one's religion, political allegiance, or fundamental beliefs.
Past tense form of 'apostatise' (British spelling), formed by adding '-d' to the verb stem, equivalent to American 'apostatized'.
Religious records from Britain document people who apostatised during the Reformation—and it was tracked with dramatic language like 'fell into apostasy,' showing how serious society thought it was.
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