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Apostasy A Pa Stah See Noun Act Abandoning Ignoring Openly Flaunting

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(a-PA-stah-see), noun

The act of abandoning, ignoring, or openly flaunting an accepted principle or belief.

“It was his idea of grand APOSTASY to drive to the reform synagogue on the high holidays and park his pink-eye nag among the luxurious, whirl-wired touring cars of the rich.” – Saul Bellow, American author

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