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Meanings of apostatise in English

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Abandon one's beliefs or allegiances.

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Examples for "apostatize"
Examples for "apostatize"
1
The upshot was that he advised Nathan not to apostatize too suddenly.
A Daughter of Eve
2
Now I hope you will apostatize if you would rather do it.
The Story of the Mormons, from the Date of Their Origin to the Y...
3
He certainly kept in the Church many Catholics who were ready to apostatize.
Saint Augustin
4
In other words, the priest was ordered to apostatize, or fly for his life.
Is Ulster Right?
5
How could men apostatize from a cause which they had served with unflinching fidelity until it was completely triumphant?
Political Recollections / 1840 to 1872
1
He is well-meaning, but he vacillates; at times he even tergiversates- ashockingthing.
The Crown of Life
Usage of apostatise in English
1
They can apostatise in Adam, and be regenerated in Christ.
Sermons to the Natural Man
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Did I ever promise to let you apostatise?
The Mormon Prophet
3
That a FitzHerbert should apostatise was incredible enough; but that one should sell his family-Itwas impossible.
Come Rack! Come Rope!
4
Would he apostatise from the faith?
The Moonstone
5
How empty his threats to men who cared nothing whether they burned or not, so long as they did not apostatise!
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor P...
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A great difficulty arose in regard to the disposal of the ecclesiastical property in case a Catholic bishop or abbot should apostatise.
History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the Frenc...
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They took Christian youths from the families of Greek dwellers, forced them to apostatise, gave them military training, and married them to Turkish girls.
Crescent and Iron Cross
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It was not strange, therefore, that, in these perilous days, many apostatised.
The Ancient Church: Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitu...
9
The Vicar of Christ would seem to them to have apostatised.
Outspoken Essays
10
'No one asked your excellency to apostatise.'
Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face
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"Why, it was common talk that they would have been man and wife years ago, had not the fool apostatised."
By What Authority?
Frequent collocations
Translations for apostatise
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Catalan
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Apostatise through the time