apostasy

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It might have been said, that Monzaida was a traitor to his friends, who crowned his villainy with apostacy.

From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de

Every use which I should make of this paper would be an act of apostacy from my own faith; if a hypocritical use, so much the worse.

From Tales from the German. Volume II. The Lichtensteins, The Sorceress, The Anabaptist by Velde, Carl Franz van der

Even the miserable chuck-farthing, Ward, who has learnt from you how to run riot on his apostacy, owns, that he hesitates between the disgrace of 'serving without wages, and of being dismissed without a character.'

From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Lady Anne

How little could he foresee the ruined churches, the abandoned missions, the apostacy of the tribes, or the closing of large tracts of country against himself and his clergy!

From A History of the English Church in New Zealand by Purchas, H. T. (Henry Thomas)

Slowly and insidiously he was stepping into the position rendered vacant by Ananda's apostacy to the faith of his fathers.

From The Outcaste by Penny, F. E.