apostatize
apostatise BrE

Some elect may apostatize, perhaps even most, but never all.

Neither did many of the Muslims who themselves apostatized in consequence, as we saw earlier.

It would have been possible for these two pure soils to save themselves from death if they had apostatized.

By the 1940s, nearly every monk was either dead or had apostatized.

They believe that the church was apostatized by the 1st or 4th century due to false teachings.

Returning to his homeland he was arrested again and refused to apostatize.

All attempts to make him apostatize were in vain.

Let them refrain therefore from mocking those Christians who had apostatized.

But the young man refused to apostatize, and willingly embraced martyrdom.

In some versions Sanatrook was also converted, but later apostatized.

He then apostatized and went to the land of the Greeks (the Byzantines).

Tried before a mandarin, he refused to apostatize and was sentenced to be beheaded.

Ferrara after five days of agony over the "Pit" apostatized.

He may also have sought to fracture the Christian community by publicizing the fact that its clergy had apostatized.

When she again refused to apostatize, she was beheaded.

Still in the 21st century Muslims who apostatize are often treated very harshly and frequently killed.

The monks were then forced to apostatize or flee, or were put to death.

The latter work states that the bishop had indeed apostatized, but redeemed himself through martyrdom a few days afterward.

Desmond Ford apostatized and left the Adventist church.

In the ensuing two years the rumors subsided, but many of Ogden's original thirty colonists apostatized.

However, he ultimately apostatized from Mormonism.

But you have hardly sat down with him before you apostatized from your religion and believed him in everything he said."

Many of the Muslims apostatized.

Andrew and Paul refused to apostatize and were tortured on the rack and then imprisoned.

Leaders who won't apostatize like cowards.

The weight of his body dragged him down, but he still would not recant or apostatise his faith.

Annie Besant wrote about the riots: "They Moplahs murdered and plundered abundantly, and killed or drove away all Hindus who would not apostatise.

In the Mappila riots of 1921, Muslim Mappilas forcibly converted many Hindus and killed or drove away all Hindus who would not apostatise, totaling to 100,000.