apostasy

Example Sentences

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Longstreet’s prominence made his apostasy an especially dangerous threat.

From Slate • Nov. 20, 2023

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

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 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

But in recent years, the act of apostasy has been defined down.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2022

And apostasy grins at him; lurks in the metronome with its flicflac.

From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James