a. rare. [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.
