schism

  • 21schism — UK [ˈskɪz(ə)m] / UK [ˈsɪz(ə)m] / US [ˈskɪzəm] / US [ˈsɪzəm] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms schism : singular schism plural schisms formal an occasion when one group divides into two groups because of a disagreement …

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  • 22schism —   n. division, especially of church, into two parties.    ♦ schismatic(al), a. pertaining to or causing schism; n., person involved in or promoting schism.    ♦ schismatize, v.   i. & t.    ♦ schismatism, n …

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  • 23schism — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. disjunction, division, dissent, separation, split; heterodoxy; factionalism, faction, sect, subdivision. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. split, section, cabal, sect; see division 2 , faction 1 . III (Roget s… …

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  • 24schism — • kontrovers, tvist, schism, dispyt, träta, gräl, strid, stridighet …

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  • 25schism — A break or division in a social group, especially in a church or a sect . Schisms are common in evangelical Christian movements, where there is a special emphasis on conformity to orthodox belief and practice. Schism is also a common… …

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  • 26schism — noun the schism between her father and his brother Syn: division, split, rift, breach, rupture, break, separation, severance; chasm, gulf; discord, disagreement, dissension …

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  • 27schism —    This word (from the Greek schisma, meaning division or cleft ) refers to a break in communion betweenChristians over an issue of Church authority rather than over doctrinal issues; for example, the rejection of the authority of the Roman… …

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  • 28Schism Records — Schism was a hardcore record label and fanzine operated out of New York City in the late 1980s by John Porcelly (of Youth of Today, Judge, and Project X) and Alex Brown (of Side By Side and Project X). Schism started out as the fanzine, Love Seat …

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  • 29Schism Tracker — Скриншот программы Тип Трекер Операционная система …

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  • 30Schism act — Schism Schism, n. [OE. scisme, OF. cisme, scisme, F. schisme, L. schisma, Gr. schi sma, fr. schi zein to split; akin to L. scindere, Skr. chid, and prob. to E. shed, v.t. (which see); cf. {Rescind}, {Schedule}, {Zest}.] Division or separation;… …

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