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apostasy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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; 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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "renunciation, abandonment or neglect of established religion," from Latin apostasia, from later Greek apostasia, from apostasis "revolt, defection," literally "a standing off" (see apostate). General (non-religious) sense is attested from 1570s.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The renunciation of a belief or set of beliefs. 2 Specifically, the renunciation of one's religion or faith.
WordNet
n. the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) [syn: renunciation, defection]
the act of abandoning a party or cause [syn: tergiversation]
Wikipedia
Apostasy (; (apostasia), "a defection or revolt") is the formal disaffiliation from, or abandonment or renunciation of a religion by a person. It can also be defined within the broader context of embracing an opinion contrary to one's previous beliefs. One who commits apostasy (or who apostatizes) is known as an apostate. The term apostasy is used by sociologists to mean renunciation and criticism of, or opposition to, a person's former religion, in a technical sense and without pejorative connotation.
The term is occasionally also used metaphorically to refer to renunciation of a non-religious belief or cause, such as a political party, brain trust, or a sports team.
Apostasy is generally not a self-definition: few former believers call themselves apostates because of the negative connotation of the term.
Many religious groups and some states punish apostates; this may be the official policy of the religious group or may simply be the voluntary action of its members. Such punishment may include shunning, excommunication, verbal abuse, physical violence, or even execution. Examples of punishment by death for apostates can be seen under the Sharia Law found in certain Islamic countries.
Apostasy is a Swedish black metal band formed in 2000.
Apostasy is the formal disaffiliation from, or abandonment or renunciation of, a religion by a person.
Apostasy may also refer to:
Usage examples of "apostasy".
The original assumption that the accursed Khanate had conquered humanity might have been an error, but the infidels had certainly been seduced into apostasy somehow.
Truth once more, but if you cling to apostasy, then even as he foretold, you will be cast into the Fire, and all other unbelievers with you.
Satan-Khan and his human quislings have succeeded in reducing humanity to a state of hopeless apostasy by falsifying history and expunging all memory of the true faith!
I might see for myself the depths of apostasy to which your fallen and eternally-damned race has sunk.
And although Blessed Albert the Great agrees with the other Doctors, yet he says more expressly that in such matters there is always apostasy either in word or in deed.
Blessed Albert, it is apostasy of deed, because that action is looked for from the devil.
His gospel, bearing witness against the perversions of the papal apostasy, and restoring to men the Word and laws of the Most High.
But what a pity that it comes branded with the mark of paganism, and christened with the name of the sun god, when adopted and sanctioned by the papal apostasy, and bequeathed as a sacred legacy to Protestantism.
Man was ruined by apostasy, but he was not left destitute of all higher life.
The doctrines of apostasy, dependence on grace for salvation, necessity of atonement, and special influence of the Holy Spirit, were all thought to be alarming doctrines.
Antediluvian apostasy was the worship of God as Creator and Benefactor, and not as the Jehovah-God of Covenant and Mercy.
Antediluvian apostasy was the disregard of the original law of marriage, and the increased prominence of the female sex.
The cause of his strange and fatal apostasy may be derived from the early period of his life, when he was left an orphan in the hands of the murderers of his family.
The Christians, who beheld with horror and indignation the apostasy of Julian, had much more to fear from his power than from his arguments.
His apostasy provoked the indignation of the Latins, and no more than two bishops could be found who would impose their hands on his deacon and successor Pelagius.