apostatize

Example Sentences

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The conundrum is one that has nothing to do with Rodrigues’s decision whether to lay down his life, but with his reluctance to apostatize, even in the face of others’ deaths.

From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2017

Furthermore, under the stress of intolerable circumstances, a few of the Bábís were constrained to recant their faith, while others went so far as to apostatize and join the ranks of the enemy.

From God Passes By by Shoghi Effendi

He certainly kept in the Church many Catholics who were ready to apostatize.

From Saint Augustin by O'Sullivan, Vincent

By backsliding is meant the gradual turning back or away from God; to apostatize.

From The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity by Orr, Charles Ebert

The districts where Christianity had been so widely diffused remained tranquil, and the Christians in the cities where the mutineers were raging did not apostatize; but, unless they could conceal themselves, suffered with the whites. 

From Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field by Yonge, Charlotte Mary