schismatize

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English

Etymology

Compare French schismatiser.

Verb

schismatize (third-person singular simple present schismatizes, present participle schismatizing, simple past and past participle schismatized) (dated)

  1. (transitive) To cause to break apart by way of schism.
  2. (intransitive) To take part in schism; to make a breach of communion in the church.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for schismatize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)