schismatic
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- schismatick (obsolete)
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ʃɪzˈmæt.ɪk/, /skɪzˈmæt.ɪk/
- (US) IPA(key): /ʃɪzˈmæt.ɪk/, [ʃɪzˈmæɾ.ɪk], /skɪzˈmæt.ɪk/, /sɪzˈmæt.ɪk/, [sɪzˈmæɾ.ɪk]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ʃɪzˈmæt.ɪk/, [ʃɪzˈmæɾ.ɪk], /skɪzˈmæt.ɪk/, [skɪzˈmæɾ.ɪk]
Adjective edit
schismatic
- (religion) Of or pertaining to a schism.
- (music) Of or pertaining to a schisma.
- Divisive.
- schismatic opinions or proposals
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
religion: of or pertaining to a schism
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Noun edit
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 edit
religion: person involved in a schism
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French schismatique, from Latin schismaticus. Equivalent to schismă + -atic.
Adjective edit
schismatic m or n (feminine singular schismatică, masculine plural schismatici, feminine and neuter plural schismatice)
Declension edit
Declension of schismatic
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 |