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apostasy|əˈpɒstəsɪ|
Also 6–9 apostacy.
[(? a. Fr. apostasie), ad. L. apostasia, a. later Gr. ἀποστασία = ἀπόστασις ‘standing off,’ hence, desertion of one's faith, f. ἀπο-στα- to stand off, withdraw.]
1. Abandonment or renunciation of one's religious faith or moral allegiance.
c1380Wyclif De Dot. Eccl. Wks. 1871 III. 438 Apostasye þat goiþ evene aȝen þe ordre of Crist. 1395Purvey Remonstr. (1851) 24 Apostasie, either goinge abak fro cristene feith. a1520Myrr. Our Ladye 194 They felle..in apostasye by idolatry, from the worshypynge of very god. 1667Milton P.L. vii. 44 Raphael..had forewarned Adam by dire example to beware Apostasie. 1726Ayliffe Parerg. 85 The Canon Law defines Apostacy to be a rash and wilful Departure from that State of Faith, Obedience or Religion, which any Person has profess'd himself to hold in the Christian Church. 1852C. M. Yonge Cameos (1877) I. xxix. 246 The rest had the choice of death or apostacy. 1876Green Eng. People ix. §6. 655 The most devoted loyalists began to murmur, when James demanded apostasy as a proof of their loyalty.
b. R.C. Ch. The action of quitting a religious order or renouncing vows without legal dispensation.
1532More Confut. Barnes viii. Wks. 1557, 793/2 That freres may..breake their vowes, & runne in apostasy. 1877Dowden Shaks. Prim. vi. 64 To charge with error their original vows of seclusion and to justify their present apostasy.
2. By extension: The abandonment of principles or party generally.
1579Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 47 Readier in the defence of it [wisdom] to haue made an Apologie, than any way to turne to Apostasie. 1660Trial Regic. 36 To Doubt, or Hesitate, in a point of Allegiance, is direct Treason, and Apostasie. 1773Mrs. Chapone Improv. Mind I. 192 Your apostacy from every good principle. 1838Thirlwall Greece V. xl. 128 This however was not his last political apostasy. |