Apostasy synonyms

ə-pŏs'tə-sē

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heresy (related)
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defection
A failing or failure
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idolatry (related)
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blasphemy (related)
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recreance
Dated form of recreancy.
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recreancy
The quality or state of being recreant.
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approach (related)
The method used in dealing with or accomplishing:
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tergiversation
The act of evading any clear course of action or speech, of being deliberately ambiguous; equivocation; fickleness.
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zwinglianism
Zwinglian theology
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crossing-over
An exchange of equivalent genetic material between homologous chromatids during meiosis
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impiousness
Quality of being impious.
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apostate (related)
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excommunication (related)
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impiety (related)
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popery (related)
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unbelief (related)
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apostacy (related)
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martyrdom (related)
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arianism (related)
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renunciation
The act or an instance of renouncing; a giving up formally or voluntarily, often at a sacrifice, of a right, claim, title, etc.
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trust (related)
Reliance on something in the future; hope:
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Apostasy Sentence Examples

  • In the cases of heresy, apostasy and sorcery, the spiritual courts sought the aid of the secular jurisdiction to superadd the punishment of death.

  • After a short apostasy, during which he supported Henry Raspe, landgrave of Thuringia, Conrad returned to the side of the Hohenstaufen and aided Conrad IV.

  • Swithhelm's successors Sigehere and Sebbe were dependent on Wulfhere, the powerful king of Mercia, who on the apostasy of Sigehere sent Bishop Jaruman to restore the faith.

  • It was published under the title of National Apostasy.

  • Orthodox evangelicalism is tempted to view it as an apostasy or an aberration.

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