apostasy

Example Sentences

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Longstreet’s prominence made his apostasy an especially dangerous threat.

From Slate • Nov. 20, 2023

Still, I pressed on to see where the author was going with this horticultural apostasy.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2023

“There are about a dozen countries in the world where apostasy or blasphemy is, at least in theory, subject to the death penalty,” he said.

From Washington Times • Jan. 31, 2023

The instant I read the MLB’s arbitrator had ruled that Trevor Bauer should be reinstated, I braced myself for Bill Plaschke’s thundering denunciation of this apostasy.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2022

She looked at him, remembering that Agrippa had told them that he had been accused of apostasy.

From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth