lapsed
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++lapsed /læpst/ adjective [only before noun] PASTno longer having the beliefs you used to have, especially religious beliefs 背弃的,背离的〔尤指宗教信仰〕 OPP practising a lapsed Catholic 一个背弃信仰的天主教徒
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lapsed Catholic• Instead, I did some-thing that even as a lapsed Catholic I still did for good luck on nights before exams.• She calls herself a lapsed Catholic who once wanted to be a nun.lapsed adjectiveChinese
no to Corpus having beliefs used the you longer
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lapsed
lapsed /læpst/
adjective [only before noun]
no longer having the beliefs you used to have, especially religious beliefs
OPP practising:
a lapsed Catholic
lapsed /læpst/
adjective [only before noun]no longer having the beliefs you used to have, especially religious beliefs
OPP practising: