Look up: apostasy

1. apostasy
   [n] - the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) 2. [n] - the act of abandoning a party or cause
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2. Apostasy
   Abandoning one's religious belief.
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3. apostasy
   Public rejection of one's faith or taking up of another faith. An example of this is Julian the Apostate, a Roman emperor who rejected his Christian upbringing and the growth of Christianity in the...
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4. Apostasy
   A·pos'ta·sy noun ; plural Apostasies [ Middle English apostasie , French apostasie , Latin apostasia , from Greek ... a standing off from, a defection, from ... to stand off, revolt; ... from + ... to stand. See ...
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5. apostasy
   noun the act of abandoning a party or cause
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6. apostasy
   renunciation noun the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
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7. Apostasy
   • (n.) An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a total desertion of departure from one`s faith, principles, or party; esp., the renunciation of a religious faith; as, Julian`s apostasy from Christianity.
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8. apostasy
   the total rejection of Christianity by a baptized person who, having at one time professed the Christian faith, publicly rejects it. It is ... [3 related articles]
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9. apostasy
   apostasy, in religion: see heresy.
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10. Apostasy
    Apostasy is a renunciation of opinions or practices and the adoption of contrary ones, usually applied to renunciation of religious opinions. It is always an expression of reproach. What one party calls apostasy is termed by the other conversion. Catholics, also, call those persons apostates who for...
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11. Apostasy
    `Apostasy` (; (apostasia), a defection or revolt, from ἀπό, apo, "away, apart", στάσις, stasis, "stand", "standing") is the formal disaffiliation from or abandonment or renunciation of a religion by a person. One who...
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12. Apostasy
    (band) `Apostasy` is a Swedish black metal band formed in 2000. History: The original lineup from 2000 (the band should not be confused with the earlier Norwegian band of the same name) consisted of Håkan Björklund and Mathias Edin of Kramfors, Sweden. They recruited Mattias` brother Fr...
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