adj
(rare) Of, exhibiting, or pertaining to absolution; absolutory, absolving.
n
The renunciation of a belief or set of beliefs.
n
Obsolete form of apostate. [A person who has renounced a religion or faith.]
v
To give up or renounce one's position or belief.
n
Alternative spelling of auto da fe [The public announcement of the sentences imposed by the Inquisition on supposed heretics.]
n
Alternative form of auto da fe [The public announcement of the sentences imposed by the Inquisition on supposed heretics.]
n
A system of policies that favors censorship.
n
One who abandons or withdraws from an established religion, opinion, custom, creed, etc.
n
The offence of obstructing a parliament in the carrying out of its functions, or of hindering any Member of Parliament in the performance of his or her duties.
n
The denunciation of a person as a heretic.
adj
(humorous) By extension, having changed a (secular) belief or adherence.
adj
(obsolete) Apostate, having renounced one’s faith or god.
adj
Alternative form of renayed (“apostate”) [(obsolete) Apostate, having renounced one’s faith or god.]
n
In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed.
n
The buying or selling of spiritual or sacred things, such as ecclesiastical offices, pardons, or consecrated objects.
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