schismatical

Variant of schismatic

adjective

  1. of, characteristic of, or having the nature of, schism
  2. tending to, causing, or guilty of schism
Also schismatical

Origin: ME scismatike < MFr scismatique < LL(Ec) schismaticus < Gr schismatikos

noun

a person who causes or participates in schism

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