apostasy
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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
According to Harvard University’s Gutman Library, the government of Quincy, Massachusetts in 1637 banned Thomas Morton’s “The New English Canaan” for apostasy in criticizing Puritan customs and exercise of power.
From Washington Times • Apr. 9, 2023
Mace could’ve taken this opportunity to lean further into apostasy.
From Slate • Feb. 12, 2022
The flip side of apostasy, of course, is the enmity it earns you from your old comrades.
From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2022
To his mind the act of apostasy is a sacrifice for conscience' sake.
From Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, July 1865 by
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