schism

Both communions deny that the schism between Catholics and the Orthodox has, in any essential sense, divided Christ’s one body.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

You could ache for the cozy city of the past in “The Royal Tenenbaums” or grabble with the schism of everything suddenly feeling different in “Mulholland Drive.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

That schism is more clearly driven by age and education than it is by class.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

The Vatican has declared a formal schism with the Society of St. Pius X, excommunicating its bishops and priests in a sweeping crackdown on a traditionalist group that has vexed the Holy See for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Bruce thought the cave was worth at least five million, but his Realtor offered a reality check. schism.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

It is a long-held tenet of the theater that the most interesting characters, like the most interesting people, are defined by their schisms and paradoxes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

Despite later schisms that split Christianity, the council produced a foundational statement of the faith that is still shared by most of the world’s Christians today.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025

There are schisms on these issues within the U.S. military.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2025

England's political and religious schisms would lead it to a midcentury civil war.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2024

Feverishly he followed in periodicals the Dadaist movements and schisms, the strangely feminine jealousies and religiousness, the obscurantisms of the forming and breaking schools.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck