apostasy

apostasy ([schwa]-pos-t[schwa]-see).

1. Hist. A crime against religion consisting in the total renunciation of Christianity by one who had previously embraced it.

2. Eccles. law. Abandonment of religious vows without dispensation.

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词条贡献者

译者Virginia，毕业于一所培养高级翻译以及跨文化事务专家的精英大学，擅长翻译各种与私募股权融资相关的法律文件。