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apostasy

/uh-pos-tuh-see/US // əˈpɒs tə si //UK // (əˈpɒstəsɪ) //

叛教,叛教行为,叛教罪,背教

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural a·pos·ta·sies.

    • : a total desertion of or departure from one's religion, principles, party, cause, etc.

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Examples

  • She is facing discipline for charges of apostasy, or public dissent from church leaders.

  • Have a look at this telling research from Pew on blasphemy and apostasy laws around the world.

  • Khartoum says Meriam Ibrahim, a Christian, must hang for “apostasy.”

  • Saudi Arabia has recently beheaded women for “sorcery” but has avoided apostasy trials involving its few Christian converts.

  • No one is known to have been executed for apostasy in Sudan since 1991, when it was made a capital crime.

  • I reached Goldwater by phone in Hawaii where he is lecturing at the university to ask him about his apparent apostasy.

  • Thy own wickedness shall reprove thee, and thy apostasy shall rebuke thee.

  • Have we not here one of the plainest admissions of the total apostasy of the so-called Christian church?

  • They were framed with malignant ingenuity, so as to leave no chance of escape save in open apostasy.

  • Michael, however, looked very doubtful over his demanded apostasy.

  • True, Cranmer came to himself; he perceived that he was mocked, and felt both grief and shame in view of his apostasy.