Examples of apostasy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web At that point, his apostasy would become irretrievably public. — Larissa Macfarquhar, The New Yorker, "When One Parent Leaves a Hasidic Community, What Happens to the Kids?," 30 Nov. 2020 By contrast, Fox’s opinion side, with the exception of occasional apostasy, largely earns high marks. — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, "How Newsmax Became Trump TV," 24 Nov. 2020 Gilliam’s qualified apostasy, with a nod to the space-altering aesthetics of Minimalism, was widely noticed but, taking place outside New York, proved poorly situated and timed. — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, "How to Read Sam Gilliam’s Formalism," 9 Nov. 2020 Before there were killings over apostasy charges, there were public debates between secular and religious Muslim thinkers, attended by hundreds. — Kim Ghattas, The Atlantic, "Lessons From a Place Where the Center Ground is Gone," 1 Nov. 2020 Abdulbari announced other changes, such as no longer requiring women to obtain a permit from their male members for travel with their children, and renouncing Islam – known as apostasy – will no longer result in the death penalty. — Fox News, "Sudan moves to repeal some Islamist laws after 30 years in place," 13 July 2020 Sudan will also decriminalize apostasy and ban FGM, a practice that typically involves the partial or total removal of the external genitalia of girls and women. — Washington Post, "World Digest: July 12, 2020," 12 July 2020 So did his predecessor, Lester B. Pearson, who was rewarded for his apostasy with a physical attack at Camp David by Lyndon Johnson, who shook the Nobel Peace Prize winner by the shoulders. — David M. Shribman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Opinion: Justin Trudeau's refusal to travel to the U.S. to meet Trump was a pointed rebuke," 8 July 2020 This kind of apostasy is rare in presidential politics, but that gives testimonials like Miller’s maximum credibility. — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, "The Revolt of the Center-Right," 8 June 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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