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apostasy

[uh-pos-tuh-see] / əˈpɒs tə si /


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Examples include apostasy laws in some Muslim-majority countries and India’s anticonversion laws.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

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

Mace could’ve taken this opportunity to lean further into apostasy.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2022

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

From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James




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