Definition of Schismatize

1. v. i. To take part in schism; to make a breach of communion in the church.

Definition of Schismatize

1. Verb. (transitive) To cause to break apart by way of schism. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To take part in schism; to make a breach of communion in the church. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Schismatize

1. [v -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Schismatize

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schipperke
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schirmerite
schisencephalic microcephaly
schisencephaly
schism
schisma
schismas
schismatic
schismatical
schismaticall
schismatically
schismatick
schismatics
schismatize (current term)
schismatized
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schismatizing
schismless
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schist
schistaceous
schistatin
schistic
schisto-
schistocystis
schistocyte

Literary usage of Schismatize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1898)
"I had always expected that when the republicans should have put down all things under their feet, they would schismatize among themselves. ..."

2. The Jeffersonian Cyclopedia: A Comprehensive Collection of the Views of by Thomas Jefferson (1900)
"If we schismatize on either men or measures, if we do not act in phalanx ... I repeat again, that we ov.irht not to schismatize on either men or measures. ..."

3. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1903)
"I had always expected that when the republicans should have put down all things under their feet, they would schismatize among themselves. ..."

4. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1904)
"I had always expected that when the republicans should have put down all things under their feet, they would schismatize among themselves. ..."

5. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1903)
"I am not certain whether some of the more furious republicans mav not schismatize with him. TO JAMES MADISON. PHILADELPHIA, September 1, 1793. ..."

6. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1904)
"How much wiser are the Quakers, who, agreeing in the fundamental doctrines of the Gospel, schismatize about no mysteries, and, keeping within the pale of ..."

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