What does renay mean?
Renay means (obsolete, transitive) To renounce (one’s faith or god), to apostasize from..
Renay
/ɹɪˈneɪ/ · verb
Meaning
(obsolete, transitive) To renounce (one’s faith or god), to apostasize from..
Definitions by Sense
- (obsolete, transitive) To renounce (one’s faith or god), to apostasize from.
- (obsolete, transitive) To take back, to recant (something one says or believes).
- (obsolete, transitive) To reject, to deny the truth of (a statement).
Example Sentences
[…] Mammolukes and Geniſaries about yͤ Turk and Sowdã [Sowdan, i.e., Sudan], haue vſed to chriſten their children of purpoſe, that by the renayĩg [renaying] of their fayth, after, they might be made Mammolukes or Geniſaries, as theyr fathers were, and may be had the more in eſtimacion & fauour about the greate Turke, […]
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Related Words
Word Forms
- renays
- renaying
- renayed
- reney
- reny
Usage Notes
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How do you use renay in a sentence?
[…] Mammolukes and Geniſaries about yͤ Turk and Sowdã [Sowdan, i.e., Sudan], haue vſed to chriſten their children of purpoſe, that by the renayĩg [renaying] of their fayth, after, they might be made Mammolukes or Geniſaries, as theyr fathers were, and may be had the more in eſtimacion & fauour about the greate Turke, […]
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