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schismatic
/ skɪzˈmætɪk; sɪz- /
adjective
- of, relating to, or promoting schism
noun
- a person who causes schism or belongs to a schismatic faction
Derived Forms
- schisˈmatically, adverb
- schisˈmaticalness, noun
Other Words From
- schis·mati·cal·ly adverb
- schis·mati·cal·ness noun
- nonschis·matic adjective
- nonschis·mati·cal adjective
- unschis·matic adjective
- unschis·mati·cal adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of schismatic1
Example Sentences
Frederick ReimersThe writer who soothed her cancer-diagnosed Husband—and a wider communityWe are schismatic vessels but I don’t know where our cracks are, or how deep they will be.
Just a few priests ordained in the Roman Catholic Church have joined the schismatic cause.
Believing as I do that parties are essential, and that schismatic movements are futile, I make a point of not attacking them.
Is there any Church in Christendom with such a polemical history or at the present moment so hopelessly and bitterly schismatic?
It was made treason to call the Queen heretic or schismatic, or to deny her right to the throne.
Captain James would never be sufficiently with a schismatic to be employed by that man Brooke in distributing his charities.
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