Renay
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɹɪˈneɪ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Renay is a verb meaning (obsolete, transitive) To renounce (one’s faith or god), to apostasize from.
Meaning
(obsolete, transitive) To renounce (one’s faith or god), to apostasize from.
More Meanings
- (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, […]
Word Forms
- renays
- renaying
- renayed
- reney
- reny
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include abrenounce, renounce, abjure, renege, apostatise, atsake.
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