schismatic
pronunciation
How to pronounce schismatic in British English:
UK [sɪz'mætɪk]
How to pronounce schismatic in American English:
US [sɪz'mætɪk]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or involved in or characteristic of schism
Word Origin
- schismatic
- late 14c. (n.); mid-15c. (adj.), from Old French scismatique (Modern French schismatique), from Church Latin schismaticus, from Greek skhismatikos, from schisma (see schism). Used also as a noun in Old French and Late Latin. Related: Schismatical; schismatically.
Example
- 1. That question was at the heart of the long 19th-century arguments among scotland 's schismatic pedants .