apostasy

Example Sentences

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He is part of the Argentine Coalition for a Secular State that is leading an apostasy movement.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 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

Mace could’ve taken this opportunity to lean further into apostasy.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2022

Compelled to choose between apostasy and exile, many preferred the latter alternative.

From A Literary History of the Arabs by Nicholson, Reynold