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   schismatic

   /sɪzˈmatɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. characterized by or favouring schism: "schismatic religious movements were gaining currency"

   noun

   • 1. (especially in the Christian Church) a person who promotes schism; an adherent of a schismatic group. historical

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French scismatique, via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek skhismatikos, from skhisma (see schism).

   Derivatives

   • 1. schismatically adverb

   Scrabble Points: 19

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