apostatic, a. rare.
(æpəʊˈstætɪk)
[ad. med.L. apostaticus, a. Gr. ἀποστατικ-ός, f. ἀποστα- (see apostasy).]
= apostate a. 1.
| 1583 Golding Calvin on Deut. xxxviii. 228 The Apostatike or backeslyding Church of Rome. 1841 Englishm. Mag. 1 Oct. 114 Rome is opposed to our..apostolic Church, as unholy, schismatical, and apostatic. |