apostasy

[ uh-pos-tuh-see ]

/ əˈpɒs tə si /

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noun, plural a·pos·ta·sies.

a total desertion of or departure from one's religion, principles, party, cause, etc.

Origin of apostasy

1350–1400; Middle English apostasye (< Anglo-French) < Late Latin apostasia < Greek: a standing away, withdrawing, equivalent to apóstas(is) ( apo- apo- + sta- stand + -sis -sis) + -ia -ia

Words nearby apostasy

aport, aposematic, aposematic coloration, aposiopesis, apospory, apostasy, apostate, apostatize, apostaxis, aposthia, apostil

Example sentences from the Web for apostasy

Have a look at this telling research from Pew on blasphemy and apostasy laws around the world.

In Defense of Blasphemy |Michael Tomasky |January 9, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Khartoum says Meriam Ibrahim, a Christian, must hang for “apostasy.”

Obama Adds Insult to Injury for Sharia-Condemned Young Mother in Sudan |Nina Shea |June 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
No one is known to have been executed for apostasy in Sudan since 1991, when it was made a capital crime.

In Sudan a Pregnant Woman May Be Hanged for Marrying a Christian |Nina Shea |May 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It's for the crime of apostasy (in this case, writing a novel) that Ayatollah Khomenei sent death squads for Salman Rushdie.

Don't Let the Maccabees Win |Matt Lerner |December 4, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

For another year I fought the dread of my apostasy being discovered.

A Brigham Young University Professor’s Escape from Mormonism |Lynn K. Wilder |October 20, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
She then fell on her knees and prayed to the gods of her fathers to forgive her for her apostasy from them.

An Egyptian Princess, Complete |Georg Ebers
His family tries every means to bring him back and to punish his apostasy.

Contemporary Russian Novelists |Serge Persky
Was it when the first sect was formed, namely, the Roman Catholic sect, in the beginning of the apostasy?

Birth of a Reformation |Andrew Byers
That was a total of five hundred souls who were all drawn from their infidelity or apostasy.

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 41 of 55, 1691-1700 |Various
Apostasy and superstition are ever proud and impatient of dissent: all must conform or perish.

No Cross, No Crown |William Penn

British Dictionary definitions for apostasy

apostasy

/ (əˈpɒstəsɪ) /

noun plural -sies

abandonment of one's religious faith, party, a cause, etc

Word Origin for apostasy

C14: from Church Latin apostasia, from Greek apostasis desertion, from apostanai to stand apart from, desert

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