lapsed

Definitions

1. 1

   simple past and past participle of lapse

2. 2

   Discontinued

   Discontinued; having ceased or gone out of use.

   • The royal charities on Maunday Thursday, are really a portion of an otherwise lapsed custom, which recalled the action of our Lord on the day before His Crucifixion.
3. 3

   Changed to a less valued condition or state

   Changed to a less valued condition or state; especially having lost one's religious faith.

   • ...satisfy the Doubtful, confirm the Wavering, recover the Lapsed, and be useful to all according to their several Circumstances and Conditions.
   • One of them is a lapsed Catholic; the other is in no doubt of what to do, as he has suffered much on account of his adherence to Christianity.
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   1. 4

      By extension, having changed a (secular) belief or adherence.

      • My mother knew that I was a lapsed Republican, but did not dream of the depth to which I had fallen.
   2. 5

      Having passed from the original holder or authority

      Having passed from the original holder or authority; no longer claimed.

The neighborhood

• antonympracticingantonym(s) of “having lost one's religious faith”
• antonymdevoutantonym(s) of “having lost one's religious faith”