schism
Example Sentences
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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.
The schisms underscore the growing fragility of the nascent coalition in the waning days of its founder.
Israel’s long-standing social schisms — between religious conservatives and secular liberals, ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students and military reservists, West Bank settlers and residents of Israel proper — have deepened, analysts say, and will not easily be healed.
From Washington Post
So profound are their schisms, if anything exacerbated by their smarts and successes, that even a daughter’s marriage and a baby on the way might not bring them together.
From Los Angeles Times
In broad terms, the schism in Israeli society has divided people into two groups: those who want a more secular and pluralist state and those with a more religious and nationalist vision.
From New York Times
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