Vocabulary Word
Word: schism
Definition: division into factions (esp. within a religious body); split
Definition: division into factions (esp. within a religious body); split
Sentences Containing 'schism'
When the parish happened to be situated in a great city, it divided all the inhabitants into two parties; and when that city happened, either to constitute itself a little republic, or to be the head and capital of a little republic, as in the case with many of the considerable cities in Switzerland and Holland, every paltry dispute of this kind, over and above exasperating the animosity of all their other factions, threatened to leave behind it, both a new schism in the church, and a new faction in the state.
During the course of these troubles, the emperors of Blefusca did frequently expostulate by their ambassadors, accusing us of making a schism in religion, by offending against a fundamental doctrine of our great prophet Lustrog, in the fifty-fourth chapter of the Blundecral (which is their Alcoran).
More Vocab Words
::: tangential - only slightly connected; not central; peripheral; digressing; showing divergence; CF. tangent::: proscenium - part of stage in front of curtain; front arch of a stage
::: specious - seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentionally)
::: ferocious - fierce; violent; N. ferocity
::: insipid - lacking in flavor; lacking interest; dull; Ex. insipid food/character
::: rivulet - small stream; CF. rill < rivulet < river
::: demean - disgrace; humiliate; debase in dignity; behave
::: propitiate - appease; conciliate; make peaceful; ADJ. propitiatory
::: consolidation - unification; process of becoming firmer or stronger; V. consolidate: merge; strengthen
::: deign - condescend; stoop
