Schism
noun
1.
division or disunion, especially into mutually opposed parties.
2.
the parties so formed.
3.
Ecclesiastical.
a formal division within, or separation from, a church or religious body over some doctrinal difference.
the state of a sect or body formed by such division.
the offense of causing or seeking to cause such a division.
noun
1.
the division of a group into opposing factions
2.
the factions so formed
3.
division within or separation from an established Church, esp the Roman Catholic Church, not necessarily involving differences in doctrine
schism [(siz-uhm, skiz-uhm)]
A break within a church, such as the division between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church.
a separation, an alienation causing divisions among Christians, who ought to be united (1 Cor. 12:25).
Read Also:
- Schismatic
adjective 1. Also, schismatical. of, relating to, or of the nature of schism; guilty of schism. noun 2. a person who promotes schism or is an adherent of a schismatic body. adjective 1. of, relating to, or promoting schism noun 2. a person who causes schism or belongs to a schismatic faction
- Schismatist
noun 1. schismatic (def 2).
- Schismatize
verb (used without object), schismatized, schismatizing. 1. to take part in a schism. verb (used with object), schismatized, schismatizing. 2. to cause schism in.
- Schist
noun 1. any of a class of crystalline metamorphic rocks whose constituent mineral grains have a more or less parallel or foliated arrangement. noun 1. any metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers because its micaceous minerals have become aligned in thin parallel bands schist (shĭst) A highly foliated, medium-grained metamorphic rock that […]
- Schisto-
schisto- pref. Split; cleft: schistocyte.