noun. A separation or division into factions.

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noun. A formal breach of union within a religious body, especially a Christian church.

noun. The offense of attempting to produce such a breach.

noun. Division or separation; specifically, in ecclesiastical usage, a formal separation within or from an existing church or religious body, on account of some difference of opinion with regard to matters of faith or discipline.

noun. The offense of seeking to produce a division in a church.

noun. A schismatic body.

noun. Division or separation

noun. the separation of the Greek and Roman churches.

noun. a schism in the Roman church in the latter part of the 14th century, on account of rival claimants to the papal throne.

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noun. an act of the English Parliament requiring all teachers to conform to the Established Church, -- passed in 1714, repealed in 1719.

noun. A split or separation within a group or organization, typically caused by discord.

noun. A formal division or split within a religious body.

noun. a split within Christianity whereby a group no longer recognizes the Bishop of Rome as the head of the Church, but shares essentially the same beliefs with the Church of Rome. In other words, a political split without the introduction of heresy.

noun. the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences

noun. division of a group into opposing factions

"The resistance which followed, both in Bombay and in other parts of India has uniformly been called the "Goan or Indo-Portuguese Schism" by writers outside the Padroado party; and the term schism occurs frequently in the pronouncements of the Holy See; but the Padroadists themselves have always resented this title on the ground that the fault lay with the"

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