lapsern.
/ˈlapsə/, U.S. /ˈlæpsər/ One who lapses or falls away from (something, †esp. from the Christian faith).
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society > faith > aspects of faith > apostasy > [noun] > person
apostate1340
postatea1387
relapse1407
pervert1501
reneganta1525
runagate1530
reniant1532
backfaller1545
apostatrice1551
turn-tippet?1556
runaway1561
faller-away1564
reneger?1577
renegado1584
backslider1591
retrospicientc1600
relapser1608
renegade1611
runagado1614
runagade1670
fallaway1673
lapser1695
faller-out1964
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > [noun] > falling away from duty > one who
shrinker1554
recreant1570
decliner1601
lapser1695
1695 J. Sage Cyprianic Age in Wks. (1847) II. 9 Such as..absolved the lapsers.
1718 Mem. Life J. Kettlewell iii. lv. 330 With regard to any..who were looked upon by him as Lapsers.
1899 19th Cent. Sept. 451 These lapsers from sobriety.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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