apostasy

Example Sentences

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Acts of “apostasy,” or formally quitting the church as Gala did, are on the rise in Poland.

From Seattle Times

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

From Seattle Times

Among them is Lin Pao Rafetta, who is part of the Argentine Coalition for a Secular State, which has led the apostasy movement.

From Seattle Times

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

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

From Seattle Times