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

资深译员玉晶，毕业于国内顶尖的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译各类与环境、安全与健康相关的法律文件。