The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word APOSTATE
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More clues leading to the result APOSTATE
- Rat initially attracted by rubbish put outside
- A job had for one leaving the fold
- Person losing faith in a job turned to food?
- Paul, for example, worried for the French renegade
- A job worried religious dissident
- Renegade contessa finally set for the future without duke
- Renegade RAF officer in a tizzy
- Turncoat’s article put away with mail
- Had to go after a Pole, one walking away from party?
- Turncoat given a job at head of enterprise
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What does APOSTATE mean?
APOSTATE noun- A person who has renounced a religion or faith.
- One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
- Guilty of apostasy.