schismatic
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of schismatic
1350–1400; < Late Latin schismaticus < Greek schismatikós ( see schism, -ic); replacing Middle English scismatik < Middle French scismatique < Late Latin, as above
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In response, the Society's total of six bishops were excommunicated - and, in a highly unusual move, the Vatican said all the group's lay members "are to be considered schismatic and excommunicated".
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Pope Leo wrote Monday in a letter to the society, calling it a "schismatic act".
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
The Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which didn’t recognize the authority of the Russian church and had been regarded as schismatic, was granted full recognition in 2018 by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Orthodoxy’s top authority.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2023
Are there alternatives to Burke’s tenuous position or the schismatic plunge?
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2019
In Russia he had endeavored to win over the schismatic Greek.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea
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