Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

Apostate

(The). Julian, the Roman emperor. So called because he forsook the Christian faith and returned to Paganism again. (331, 361–363.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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