Apostasy (noun)
a-pos-ta-see
The abandonment or renunciation of a religious or political belief or principle.
Middle English from ecclesiastical Latin apostasia, from a late Greek alteration of Greek apostasis ‘defection’.
Example sentences
“They worried the apostasy would spread as though it was contagious.”
Favonian (adj) fav-oh-nee-un Of or relating to the west wind./ Mild or favorable; propitious. 1650–60; Latin Favōniānus. See Favonius, -an. foehn (more…)
