Definitionn. the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause
Last update: August 9, 2015
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Salman Rushdie was accused of apostasy and blasphemy. [noun]
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For instance, Baal, a Canaanite deity, frequently became a factor in the apostasy of the Hebrew people. [noun]
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Methinks I want but apostasy to consummate my infamy. [noun]
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But the more judicious politicians of this microcosm augured yet worse consequences to Richard Waverley from a movement which shortly followed his apostasy. [noun]
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She then fell on her knees and prayed to the gods of her fathers to forgive her for her apostasy from them. [noun]
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In the cases of heresy, apostasy and sorcery, the spiritual courts sought the aid of the secular jurisdiction to superadd the punishment of death. [Please select]
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It seems to have been entirely forgotten,--a proof of the general apostasy of the nation. [Please select]
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That scene I have described to you was for me only the beginning of another apostasy. [Please select]
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Disloyalty to Jehovah was treason, and even the mild code found in the book of Deuteronomy directs that apostasy be punished by public stoning. [Please select]
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