Definition of Apostate

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APOSTATE noun

	A leech who, having penetrated the shell of a turtle only to find that the creature has long been dead, deems it expedient to form a new attachment to a fresh turtle.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

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Regular definition:

APOSTATE:
??p?st?t n. & adj. --n. a person who renounces a former belief, adherence, etc. --adj. engaged in apostasy. øøapostatical adj. [ME f. OF apostate or eccl.L apostata f. Gk apostates deserter (as APOSTASY)]

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