lapsed

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English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /læpst/
Rhymes: -æpst

Verb

lapsed

simple past and past participle of lapse

Adjective

lapsed (not generally comparable, comparative more lapsed, superlative most lapsed)

Discontinued; having ceased or gone out of use.
- 1895, William Andrews, Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects, Hull: Hull Press, →OCLC, page 30:
  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.
(of a person) Changed to a less valued condition or state; especially having lost one's religious faith.
- 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani, London: Printed for the Author by D. Leach, →OCLC, page 465:
  ...satisfy the Doubtful, confirm the Wavering, recover the Lapsed, and be useful to all according to their several Circumstances and Conditions.
- 1821, Annual Report of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, Boston, →OCLC, page 14:
  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.
(humorous) By extension, having changed a (secular) belief or adherence.
- 1981, Jessamyn West, Double Discovery: A Journey, G.K. Hall, →ISBN:
  My mother knew that I was a lapsed Republican, but did not dream of the depth to which I had fallen.
(archaic, of a legacy) Having passed from the original holder or authority; no longer claimed.
- 1789, Jean-Charles Laveaux, The Life of Frederick the Second, King of Prussia, London: J. Derbett, →OCLC, page 143:
  The only legitimate claimants must be, Albert of Austria, son of the sister of the last duke John; and the emperor Sigsmund, who might consider this part of Bavaria as a lapsed fief: that in this quality he had given the investiture of it to his son-in-law

Synonyms

(having lost one's religious faith): nonpracticing
(having changed a secular belief or adherence): in name

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of "having lost one's religious faith"): practicing, devout

Anagrams

padles, pedals, pleads, pleas'd, splade

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Noun

lapsed

nominative plural of laps

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