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apostatize

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1. To renounce totally a religious belief once professed; to forsake one's church, the faith or principles once held, or the party to which one has previously adhered.

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As it was now ascertained that the Irish people would not apostatize as a nation, an expedient was prepared for their utter extirpation. - "An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800", Mary Frances Cusack.
And I do see the time is at hand, the spirit is gone forth, the declaration is planted; and though great men should apostatize, yet the cause will live; and though the public speaker should die, yet the immortal fire shall outlast the organ which conveyed it; and the breath of liberty, like the word of the holy man, will not die with the prophet, but survive him. - "An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800", Mary Frances Cusack.
Many would apostatize, because they are believers only in name; but true believers would remain steadfast, as in the days of old. - "Companion to the Bible", E. P. Barrows.

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