schismatic

Example Sentences

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Those seeking change, he warned, "are the true schismatics".

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2023

The exhibition places these schismatics alongside major names like Egon Schiele and Joseph Beuys.

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2015

The subcircle of the schismatics came to mind this week, when someone—presumably a Vatican insider—leaked a copy of Pope Francis’s encyclical on climate change and the environment three days before its official release.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 19, 2015

The next option for the popes was to rely on the military might of the emperor to bring the schismatics to heel, and Charles was more than willing to take on this role.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2014

While severely condemning, both Irenaeus and Tertullian distinguished schismatics from heretics.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various