Schism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A separation or division into factions.
  • n. A formal breach of union within a Christian church.
  • n. The offense of attempting to produce such a breach.
  • n. Disunion; discord.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A split or separation within a group or organization, typically caused by discord.
  • n. A formal division or split within a religious body.
  • n. a split within Christianity whereby a group no longer recognizes the Bishop of Rome as the head of the Church, but shares essentially the same beliefs with the Church of Rome. In other words, a political split without the introduction of heresy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Division or separation
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Division or separation; specifically, in ecclesiastical usage, a formal separation within or from an existing church or religious body, on account of some difference of opinion with regard to matters of faith or discipline.
  • n. The offense of seeking to produce a division in a church.
  • n. A schismatic body.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences
  • n. division of a group into opposing factions
  • Equivalent
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    division   
    Cross Reference
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Chisholm    ism    prism    scism   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    dissension    dissensions    disaffection    estrangement    bloodshed    feud    apostasy    disunion    sedition    mutiny