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Definition of Schismatic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or involved in or characteristic of schism. "Schismatic sects"
Definition of Schismatic
1. a. Of or pertaining to schism; implying schism; partaking of the nature of schism; tending to schism; as, schismatic opinions or proposals.
2. n. One who creates or takes part in schism; one who separates from an established church or religious communion on account of a difference of opinion.
Definition of Schismatic
1. Adjective. (religion) Of or pertaining to a schism ¹
2. Adjective. (music) Of or pertaining to a schisma ¹
3. Noun. (religion) A person involved in a schism ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Schismatic
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Schismatic
Literary usage of Schismatic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Catholic Church: For Use in Seminaries and Colleges by Heinrich Brück, Joseph Hergenröther (1885)
"The schismatic Church of Constantinople is striding nearer and nearer to its ...
The schismatic patriarchs have preferred to submit their ecclesiastical ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1898)
"... who was backed by the emperor, feared that any strong measures might provoke
the English king into joining this schismatic alliance. ..."
3. The Secret Societies of All Ages and Countries by Charles William Heckethorn (1897)
"XXIV schismatic RITES AND SECTS 478. schismatic Rites and Sects.—The pretended
derivation of Freemasonry from the Knights Templars has already been referred ..."
4. The History of the Popes, from the Close of the Middle Ages: Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor, Ralph Francis Kerr, Frederick Ignatius Antrobus (1908)
"Carvajal, the leader of the schismatic Cardinals, vainly applied to Maximilian
to intercede with the Sacred College for him and his companions. ..."
5. Complete Works of Rev. Thomas Smyth, D. D. by Thomas Smyth (1908)
"very much that the schismatic dissenter would share in the same just punishment
that would be awarded against the murderer and the adulterer. ..."
6. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century by Leopold von Ranke (1875)
"CHAPTER V. THE OPPOSING TENDENCIES WITHIN THE schismatic STATE. AMONG the results
of these transactions in England that which most directly concerned the ..."
7. Complete Works of Rev. Thomas Smyth, D. D. by Thomas Smyth (1908)
"... thority lineally and directly from much that the schismatic dissenter Church
of England derived its au- murder? He feared (! ..."
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