schismatic
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English scismatik with etymological respelling, from Middle French scismatique, from Latin schismaticus, from Ancient Greek σχισματικός (skhismatikós), from σχίσμα (skhísma, “cleft, division”). The music sense is based on schisma, from the same ultimate Greek source; compare schism.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ʃɪzˈmæt.ɪk/, /skɪzˈmæt.ɪk/
- (US) IPA(key): /ʃɪzˈmæt.ɪk/, , /skɪzˈmæt.ɪk/, /sɪzˈmæt.ɪk/,
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ʃɪzˈmæt.ɪk/, , /skɪzˈmæt.ɪk/,
Adjective
schismatic
- (religion) Of or pertaining to a schism.
- (music) Of or pertaining to a schisma.
- Divisive.
- schismatic opinions or proposals
Derived terms
Translations
religion: of or pertaining to a schism
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Noun
schismatic (plural schismatics)
- (religion) A person involved in a schism.
- c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 62, lines 17–19:
- He semeth a sysmatyke
Or els an heretike,
For fayth in hym is faynte.
- 1820, [Walter Scott], chapter XIII, in The Abbot. , volume I, Edinburgh: [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, ; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, , →OCLC, page 267:
- Amid heretics and schismatics, spoilers of the church’s lands, and scoffers at saints and sacraments, there remains a remnant.
Translations
religion: person involved in a schism
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French schismatique, from Latin schismaticus. Equivalent to schismă + -atic.
Adjective
schismatic m or n (feminine singular schismatică, masculine plural schismatici, feminine and neuter plural schismatice)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
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| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | schismatic | schismatică | schismatici | schismatice | |||
| definite | schismaticul | schismatica | schismaticii | schismaticele | ||||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | schismatic | schismatice | schismatici | schismatice | |||
| definite | schismaticului | schismaticei | schismaticilor | schismaticelor | ||||