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Conventicle :: Conventicle (n.) An assembly for religious worship; esp., such an assembly held privately, as in times of persecution, by Nonconformists or Dissenters in England, or by Covenanters in Scotland; -- often used opprobriously, as if those assembled were heretics or schismatics..

Bitterness :: Bitterness (n.) Dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to apostasy..

Rent :: Rent (n.) Figuratively, a schism; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as, a rent in the church..

Concision :: Concision (n.) A cutting off; a division; a schism; a faction.

Schism :: Schism (n.) Division or separation; specifically (Eccl.), permanent division or separation in the Christian church; breach of unity among people of the same religious faith; the offense of seeking to produce division in a church without justifiable cause..

Schismatic :: Schismatic (n.) One who creates or takes part in schism; one who separates from an established church or religious communion on account of a difference of opinion.

Donatist :: Donatist (n.) A follower of Donatus, the leader of a body of North African schismatics and purists, who greatly disturbed the church in the 4th century. They claimed to be the true church..

Antipope :: Antipope (n.) One who is elected, or claims to be, pope in opposition to the pope canonically chosen; esp. applied to those popes who resided at Avignon during the Great Schism..

Schismatical :: Schismatical (a.) Same as Schismatic.

Schismatize :: Schismatize (v. i.) To take part in schism; to make a breach of communion in the church.

Separatist :: Separatist (n.) One who withdraws or separates himself; especially, one who withdraws from a church to which he has belonged; a seceder from an established church; a dissenter; a nonconformist; a schismatic; a sectary..

Separatical :: Separatical (a.) Of or pertaining to separatism in religion; schismatical.

Heresy :: Heresy (n.) Religious opinion opposed to the authorized doctrinal standards of any particular church, especially when tending to promote schism or separation; lack of orthodox or sound belief; rejection of, or erroneous belief in regard to, some fundamental religious doctrine or truth; heterodoxy..

Schismatic :: Schismatic (a.) Of or pertaining to schism; implying schism; partaking of the nature of schism; tending to schism; as, schismatic opinions or proposals..

Schismatized :: Schismatized (imp. & p. p.) of Schismatiz.

Schisma :: Schisma (n.) An interval equal to half a comma.

Sedition :: Sedition (n.) Dissension; division; schism.

Schismless :: Schismless (a.) Free from schism.

Separatistic :: Separatistic (a.) Of or pertaining to separatists; characterizing separatists; schismatical.

Schismatizing :: Schismatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Schismatiz.

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