apostate
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Neil, casting himself as disciple, scours the notebooks and discovers that his instructor’s scholarly interests centered around Julian the Apostate — Roman emperor, soldier, scholar and denouncer of Christianity.
From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2022
It depicts Julian the Apostate, part of Rome's first Christian dynasty, who revived paganism when he became the emperor in AD361.
From BBC • Aug. 8, 2021
There is an Apostate Factor in punditry, a multiplying effect powerful enough to turn any opinion into a newsy opinion.
From Slate • Apr. 30, 2012
It consists of three novels, each one glorifying some significant man into an Antichrist � Julian the Apostate, Leo nardo da Vinci, Peter the Great.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Gaul at Vienna in 360 Julian the Apostate, out of deference to Christian feeling, went to church “on the festival which they keep in January and call Epiphania.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
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