Examples of apostasy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Raif Badawi dared to write such things in Saudi Arabia — including exercising his own freedom, asking questions about faith, and challenging extremism — so he was imprisoned for apostasy for ten years. — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 19 July 2021 Conversion from Islam is considered apostasy, and as such, punishable by death. — Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 5 July 2021 Overwhelmingly, most apostasy charges were leveled at polygamists. — The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 June 2021 Most will probably leave the Catholic Church and end up in situations of apostasy and schism. — Fr. Goran Jovicic, National Review, 13 June 2021 In practice, though, Oman says, very few cases of apostasy over the years have included progressive dissent. — The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 June 2021 The cost for her political apostasy has become ever more clear in recent days. — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 5 May 2021 At that point, his apostasy would become irretrievably public. — Larissa Macfarquhar, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2020 By contrast, Fox’s opinion side, with the exception of occasional apostasy, largely earns high marks. — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 24 Nov. 2020

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History and Etymology for apostasy

Middle English apostasie, borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Late Latin apostasia, borrowed from Greek apostasía "defection, revolt, (Septuagint) rebellion against God" (Late Greek, "defection, apostasy"), variant (with -ia -ia entry 1) of apóstasis, from aposta-, variant stem of aphístamai, aphístasthai "to stand away from, keep aloof from, revolt," middle voice of aphístēmi, aphistánai "to put away, remove, cause to revolt" (from aph-, assimilated variant of apo- apo- + histánai "to set, make stand") + -sis -sis — more at stand entry 1

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