schismatic
Americanadjective
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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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Canadian-born Schismatic West, a self-styled "eighth generation Anglican," was ordained to the ministry in 1945, became rector of St. Mark's in Palo Alto seven years later.
From Time Magazine Archive
Schismatic Doctor Bates, or Bishop of F——, there he was!—there was the man he had walked home in the rain with!
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 by Various
Schismatic churches or exclusively aristocratic congregations, therefore, followed in large cities where a sufficient number of the malcontents in the various denominations could unite for this common purpose.
From The History of the Negro Church by Woodson, Carter Godwin
In Russia not only is prayer for the dead most sedulously observed by the Catholic Church, but also in a most particular manner by the Schismatic Greeks.
From Purgatory by Sadlier, Mrs. James
During my sojourn in Rome, at the Ecumenical Council, I devoted a great deal of my leisure time to the examination of the various Liturgies of the Schismatic churches of the East.
From Purgatory by Sadlier, Mrs. James
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