apostasy

Example Sentences

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

From Slate • Nov. 20, 2023

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

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2023

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

She also frequently fixes her camera on characters as they impassively recount stories of past traumas, such as an abortion and an apostasy; the sedateness of her shots mirrors the dispassion of their accounts.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2023

There were at the time five nuns in the house and one in apostasy.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen