释义
[ uh -pos -tuh -see ] SHOW IPA
/ əˈpɒs tə si / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun, plural a·pos·ta·sies. a total desertion of or departure from one's religion, principles, party, cause, etc.
Origin of apostasy 1350–1400; Middle English
apostasye (<Anglo-French ) <Late Latin
apostasia <Greek: a standing away, withdrawing, equivalent to
apóstas (
is ) (
apo- apo- +
sta- stand +
-sis -sis) +
-ia -ia
Words nearby apostasy aport, aposematic, aposematic coloration, aposiopesis, apospory, apostasy , apostate, apostatize, apostaxis, a posteriori, aposthia
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Example sentences from the Web for apostasy Have a look at this telling research from Pew on blasphemy and apostasy laws around the world.
In Defense of Blasphemy | Michael Tomasky| January 9, 2015| DAILY BEAST
Khartoum says Meriam Ibrahim, a Christian, must hang for “apostasy .”
Obama Adds Insult to Injury for Sharia-Condemned Young Mother in Sudan | Nina Shea| June 4, 2014| DAILY BEAST
No one is known to have been executed for apostasy in Sudan since 1991, when it was made a capital crime.
In Sudan a Pregnant Woman May Be Hanged for Marrying a Christian | Nina Shea| May 17, 2014| DAILY BEAST
It's for the crime of apostasy (in this case, writing a novel) that Ayatollah Khomenei sent death squads for Salman Rushdie.
Don't Let the Maccabees Win | Matt Lerner| December 4, 2013| DAILY BEAST
For another year I fought the dread of my apostasy being discovered.
A Brigham Young University Professor’s Escape from Mormonism | Lynn K. Wilder| October 20, 2013| DAILY BEAST
She then fell on her knees and prayed to the gods of her fathers to forgive her for her apostasy from them.
An Egyptian Princess, Complete | Georg Ebers
His family tries every means to bring him back and to punish his apostasy .
Contemporary Russian Novelists | Serge Persky
Was it when the first sect was formed, namely, the Roman Catholic sect, in the beginning of the apostasy ?
Birth of a Reformation | Andrew Byers
That was a total of five hundred souls who were all drawn from their infidelity or apostasy .
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 41 of 55, 1691-1700 | Various
Apostasy and superstition are ever proud and impatient of dissent: all must conform or perish.
No Cross, No Crown | William Penn
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British Dictionary definitions for apostasy noun plural -sies abandonment of one's religious faith, party, a cause, etc
Word Origin for apostasy C14: from Church Latin apostasia, from Greek apostasis desertion, from apostanai to stand apart from, desert
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Words related to apostasy tergiversation, abandonment, estrangement, dereliction, disaffection