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schismatic

adj
/ʃɪzˈmæt.ɪk/UK/ʃɪzˈmæt.ɪk/US/ʃɪzˈmæt.ɪk/

Etymology

From Middle English scismatik with etymological respelling, from Middle French scismatique, from Latin schismaticus, from Ancient Greek σχισματικός (skhismatikós), from σχίσμα (skhísma, “cleft, division”). The music sense is based on schisma, from the same ultimate Greek source; compare schism.

  1. derived from σχισματικός
  2. derived from schismaticus
  3. derived from scismatique
  4. inherited from scismatik

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to a schism.

  2. Of or pertaining to a schisma.

  3. Divisive.

    • schismatic opinions or proposals
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A person involved in a schism.

      • He semeth a sysmatyke Or els an heretike, For fayth in hym is faynte.
      • Amid heretics and schismatics, spoilers of the church’s lands, and scoffers at saints and sacraments, there remains a remnant.

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