Lapsed

/læpst/ · verb

Meaning

simple past and past participle of lapse.

Definitions by Sense

1. simple past and past participle of lapse
2. Discontinued; having ceased or gone out of use.
3. (of a person) Changed to a less valued condition or state; especially having lost one's religious faith.
4. (humorous) By extension, having changed a (secular) belief or adherence.
5. (archaic, of a legacy) Having passed from the original holder or authority; no longer claimed.

Example Sentences

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.

...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.

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

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

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• more lapsed
• most lapsed

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