schismatic
a person who promotes schism or is an adherent of a schismatic body.
Origin of schismatic
1Other words from schismatic
- schis·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb
- schis·mat·i·cal·ness, noun
- non·schis·mat·ic, adjective
- non·schis·mat·i·cal, adjective
- un·schis·mat·ic, adjective
- un·schis·mat·i·cal, adjective
Words Nearby schismatic
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How to use schismatic in a sentence
Frederick ReimersThe writer who soothed her cancer-diagnosed Husband—and a wider communityWe are schismatic vessels but I don’t know where our cracks are, or how deep they will be.
Just a few priests ordained in the Roman Catholic Church have joined the schismatic cause.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanBelieving as I do that parties are essential, and that schismatic movements are futile, I make a point of not attacking them.
A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith NicholsonIs there any Church in Christendom with such a polemical history or at the present moment so hopelessly and bitterly schismatic?
It was made treason to call the Queen heretic or schismatic, or to deny her right to the throne.
History of the English People | John Richard Green
Captain James would never be sufficiently with a schismatic to be employed by that man Brooke in distributing his charities.
My Lady Ludlow | Elizabeth Gaskell
British Dictionary definitions for schismatic
schismatical
/ (skɪzˈmætɪk, sɪz-) /
of, relating to, or promoting schism
a person who causes schism or belongs to a schismatic faction
Derived forms of schismatic
- schismatically, adverb
- schismaticalness, noun
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