renegate

The form renegate, directly from M.L., is attested in Eng. from late 14c.

What’s in a Hussein name? 2010

I am young enough to have been annoyed, and altogether eject and renegate the whole idea of political affairs.

Vailima Letters 2005

And aftre that tyme, Julianas Apostate, that was Emperour, zaf leve to the Jewes to make the Temple of Jerusalem: for he hated Cristene men; and zit he was cristned, but he forsoke his law, and becam a renegate.

The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

Jerusalem: for he hated Cristene men; and zit he was cristned, but he forsoke his law, and becam a renegate.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

And aftre that tyme, Julianas Apostate, that was Emperour, zaf leve to the Jewes to make the Temple of Jerusalem: for he hated Cristene men; and zit he was cristned, but he forsoke his law, and becam a renegate.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Richard Hakluyt 1584

I am probably the last person fit to comment on theological matters, so I refrained so far from saying anything in view of the ongoing discussion about the ex-excommunication by Pope Benedict XVI of that Holocaust-denying renegate bishop.

The Editrix' Roncesvalles 2009

"But," says Spalding, "the renegate soldiers, in time of both preachings, is abusing and plundering New

The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author John Hill Burton