Definition of "lapsed" []

• No longer active or practicing: a lapsed Catholic; a lapsed club member. (adjective)

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• "There were never any estates; the title lapsed; the present earldom is a new creation, not in the same family at all."
• "When the title lapsed the old Countess, who was the only member of the family left, simply sold up everything, lock, stock and barrel."
• "Neither of his two marriages were recognized by the king, and the title lapsed at his death in 1843."