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# schism

«schism» in Mova's school dictionary: **a split in which a religious group divides into two…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a schism, schisms)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (church) A schism is a split in which a religious group divides into two separate groups because of disagreements. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schism/#m1)

2) (formal) Any serious split between members of a group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schism/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history and religious education the Great Schism split the Church into the Catholic Church in the West and the Orthodox Church in the East; the Reformation caused further schisms. In formal writing a club or political party can have a schism. Phrases: «the Great Schism», «a schism in the church», «cause a schism».

### examples

- The Great Schism divided the Christian Church into East and West. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schism/#x1)
- The argument caused a schism in the chess club. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schism/#x2)
- A schism split the party into two groups. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schism/#x3)
- Historians study why the schism happened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schism/#x4)
- The schism lasted for hundreds of years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schism/#x5)
- The new rule led to a schism among the members. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schism/#x6)
- Christians today try to heal old schisms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schism/#x7)

### note

Countable, formal. Pronunciation: SKIZ-um or SIZ-um, both are used. Adjective: schismatic. Similar: split, division, rift.

### In the corpora

- [In 1054 the churches of the East and the West split in what is called the Great Schism.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «schism» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schism/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.