Word Meanings - SCHISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Division or separation; specifically , permanent division or separation in the Christian church; breach of unity among people of the same religious faith; the offense of seeking to produce division in a church without justifiable cause. Set bounds

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Division or separation; specifically , permanent division or separation in the Christian church; breach of unity among people of the same religious faith; the offense of seeking to produce division in a church without justifiable cause. Set bounds to our passions by reason, to our errors by truth, and to our schisms by charity. Eikon Basilike. Greek schism , the separation of the Greek and Roman churches. -- Great schism, or Western schism a schism in the church in the latter part of the 14th century, on account of rival claimants to the papal throne. -- Schism act , an act of the English Parliament requiring all teachers to conform to the Established Church, -- passed in 1714, repealed in 1719. (more info) schisma, Gr. scindere, Skr. child, and prob. to E. shed, v.t. (which

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SCHISM)

• Rent
• Laceration
• rupture
• fissure
• divulsion
• schism
• solution

Related words: (words related to SCHISM)

• FISSURE
  A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock. Cerebral fissures , the furrows or clefts by which the surface of the cerebrum is divided; esp., the furrows first formed by the infolding of the whole
• RUPTURED
  Having a rupture, or hernia.
• RUPTUREWORT
  Same as Burstwort. A West Indian plant somewhat resembling burstwort.
• SCHISMA
  An interval equal to half a comma.
• LACERATION
  1. The act of lacerating. 2. A breach or wound made by lacerating. Arbuthnot.
• SOLUTION
  The act or process by which a body (whether solid, liquid, or gaseous) is absorbed into a liquid, and, remaining or becoming fluid, is diffused throughout the solvent; also, the product reulting from such absorption. Note: When a solvent will not
• RUPTURE
  Hernia. See Hernia. 4. A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion. Modulus of rupture. See under Modulus. Syn. -- Fracture; breach; break; burst; disruption; dissolution. See Fracture. (more
• SCHISMATIC
  Of or pertaining to schism; implying schism; partaking of the nature of schism; tending to schism; as, schismatic opinions or proposals.
• SCHISMATICAL
  See N
• SCHISMLESS
  Free from schism.
• SCHISMATIZE
  To make part in schism; to make a breach of communion in the church.
• FISSURELLA
  A genus of marine gastropod mollusks, having a conical or limpetlike shell, with an opening at the apex; -- called also keyhole limpet.
• SCHISM
  Division or separation; specifically , permanent division or separation in the Christian church; breach of unity among people of the same religious faith; the offense of seeking to produce division in a church without justifiable cause. Set bounds
• MONSEL'S SOLUTION
  An aqueous solution of Monsel's salt, having valuable styptic properties.
• NONSOLUTION
  Failure of solution or explanation.
• RESOLUTIONER
  One who makes a resolution; one who joins with others in a declaration or resolution; specifically, one of a party in the Scottish Church in the 17th century. He was sequestrated afterwards as a Resolutioner. Sir W. Scott.
• LABARRAQUE'S SOLUTION
  An aqueous solution of hypochlorite of sodium, extensively used as a disinfectant.
• DISSOLUTION
  1. The act of dissolving, sundering, or separating into component parts; separation. Dissolutions of ancient amities. Shak. 2. Change from a solid to a fluid state; solution by heat or moisture; liquefaction; melting. 3. Change of form by chemical
• DELACERATION
  A tearing in pieces. Bailey.
• RESOLUTIONIST
  One who makes a resolution.
• CONTRAFISSURE
  A fissure or fracture on the side opposite to that which received the blow, or at some distance from it. Coxe.
• FOWLER'S SOLUTION
  . An Fowler, an English physician who first brought it into use.
• DOBELL'S SOLUTION
  An aqueous solution of carbolic acid, borax, sodium bicarbonate, and glycerin, used as a spray in diseases of the nose and throat.
• RESOLUTION
  The act or process of solving; solution; as, the resolution of an equation or problem. (more info) 1. The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically: The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts. The act of
• BANANA SOLUTION
  A solution used as a vehicle in applying bronze pigments. In addition to acetote, benzine, and a little pyroxylin, it contains amyl acetate, which gives it the odor of bananas.