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.
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.