apostasy
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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
Still, I pressed on to see where the author was going with this horticultural apostasy.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 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
After a short apostasy, during which he supported Henry Raspe, landgrave of Thuringia, Conrad returned to the side of the Hohenstaufen and aided Conrad IV.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
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