lapsed
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Is lapsed a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (of a person) Changed to a less valued condition or state; especially having lost one's religious faith.Examples: "...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."Synonyms: nonpracticingnot-comparableusually
2. (humorous) By extension, having changed a (secular) belief or adherence.Examples: "My mother knew that I was a lapsed Republican, but did not dream of the depth to which I had fallen."Synonyms: in namehumorousnot-comparableusually
3. (archaic, of a legacy) Having passed from the original holder or authority; no longer claimed.Examples: "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"archaicnot-comparableusually
Definition source: Wiktionary