Definition: separation
Synonyms: alienation, break, breakup, difference, disagreement, discord, dissension, disunion, division, divorce, faction, fissure, fracture, gap, parting, rift, rupture, secession, splinter group, split
: division, separation; also : discord, disharmony
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a : formal division in or separation from a church or religious body. This is the usual use of the word
Examples of SCHISM
a schism between leading members of the party
The church was divided by schism.
Origin of SCHISM
Middle English scisme, from Anglo-French scisme, cisme, from Late Latin schismat-, schisma, from Greek, cleft, division, from schizein to split — more at shed
First Known Use: 14th century
East–West Schism, a split between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church in the eleventh century; sometimes referred to as The Great Schism
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