apostatical

English

Alternative forms

• apostatic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæpəsˈtætɪkəl/

Adjective

apostatical (comparative more apostatical, superlative most apostatical)

1. Apostate.
   • 1629, Joseph Hall, The Reconciler:

     an heretical and apostatical church

   • 1871, John F. Funk, transl., A Reply to a Publication of Gellius Faber:

     a brawler and a slanderer, and guilty of innocent blood, who calls the church of God a conspiracy; the regenerated children of God, apostatical anabaptists

Derived terms

• apostatically

Translations

apostate — see apostate

References

• “apostatical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.