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What is a schism?

What is a schism? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A split or separation within a group or organization, typically caused by discord.
  2. (religion) A formal division or split within a religious body.
  3. (Catholicism) a split within Christianity whereby a group no longer recognizes the Bishop of Rome as the head of the Church, but shares essentially the same beliefs with the Church of Rome. In other words, a political split without the introduction of heresy.
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The unpleasantness of this schism seems to have had a salutary effect on Tennent, who was more responsible for it than anyone else.
Although he survived the motion, it caused a schism in the government and among coalition partners.
Two models of denominational affiliation continue to frame most sociological analyses of the schism.
This schism had a profound effect on the events that followed in the denomination.
For him to spurn the former first lady would be to cause a schism in the party.
Schoenberg opened the flood gates of creative invention and, along the way, may have driven a schism between composers and their audiences.

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