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Meanings of schism in English
Division between people, usually belonging to an organization, movement, or religious denomination.
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Usage of schism in English
1
He lived in the time of the schism of Acacius of Constantinople.
2
Yet no schism will assail the general order of the body politic.
3
The schism rent the French evangelicals before it seriously affected the church.
4
Thus was the unhappy schism between the East and the West accomplished.
5
So there was a definite schism in place already, a fault line.
6
Therefore the sin of schism is graver than the sin of unbelief.
7
The schism which had divided the Whig party was now completely healed.
8
The thought of split and schism was pain and grief to most.
9
I hoped the schism didn't run too deep for anyone to reach.
10
Objection 1: It would seem that schism is not a special sin.
11
The clergy waited with impatience for this opportunity of exciting a schism.
12
Syntara has chosen, and from this a schism now threatens us all.
13
She would have done anything to halt a schism in the NUWSS.
14
No discord or schism of sect or creed ever disturbed its atmosphere.
15
If there has been a schism here, we know nothing about it.
16
This physiological catastrophe, this schism increases the baby's dependence on the mother.
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