factional
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Ordained a priest in 2002, she became the first female Bishop of London in 2018, only four years after the church began allowing women bishops after years of bitter factional wrangling.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
Ms. Machado’s acceptance by a national majority reduces uncertainty, discourages factional violence, and channels political energy toward institutional restoration instead of confrontation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025
But he found himself once again addressing a party mired in factional in-fighting.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2025
We shouldn’t be looking for factional domination or the triumph of one school of progressive thought and strategy over another.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2025
Because of this, they would encourage factional strife in some of their subject towns in order to control them more easily.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
