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Reasons for excommunication
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apostasies
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Apostasy \A*pos"ta*sy\, n.; pl. Apostasies . [OE. apostasie, F. apostasie, L. apostasia, fr. Gr. ? a standing off from, a defection, fr. ? to stand off, revolt; ? from + ? to stand. See Off and Stand .] An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; ...
Wiktionary
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n. (plural of apostasy English)
Usage examples of apostasies.
Richard's notebook was in and out of his pocket, signaling his professional interest, as Demi told tales of lost kittens, beloved ponies, myxomatotic marmots, rabid rabbits, and so on, and apostasies and conflagrations and wartime commandeerings and royal visits .
But you could also have schisms, apostasies, heresies, crusades—crusades not by sword but by radio.
Dryden, L'Estrange, and some others I shall not name, are here levelled at, who, having spent their lives on faction, and apostasies, and all manner of vice, pretended to be sufferers for Loyalty and Religion.