schismatic
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- nonschismatic adjective
- nonschismatical adjective
- schismatically adverb
- schismaticalness noun
- unschismatic adjective
- unschismatical adjective
Etymology
Origin of schismatic
1350–1400; < Late Latin schismaticus < Greek schismatikós ( schism, -ic ); replacing Middle English scismatik < Middle French scismatique < Late Latin, as above
Example Sentences
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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
“Until that step was taken, Kirill and everyone else could always refer to the various Ukrainian churches as schismatic,” Wanner said.
From Seattle Times
“People say if you don’t accept that, you’ll be in schism,” Burke said, when “my point would be the document is schismatic. I’m not.”
From New York Times
Two others in Ukraine were regarded as schismatic.
From Washington Post
It favors European integration and championed the independent church but the Moscow Patriarchate denounces it as schismatic.
From Reuters
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