Meanings
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of schismatic.
1 more example
The Oppoſition inſiſted, that the victims were not fat nor fair enough to be offered on the altars of blaſphemed Regicide; and it was inferred from thence, that the ſacrifical miniſters, (who were a ſort of intruders in the worſhip of the new divinity) in their ſchiſmatical devotion had diſcovered more of hypocriſy than zeal.
1797, Edmund Burke, “Letter III.”, in A Third Letter to a Member of the Present Parliament, on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France, London: […] F[rancis] and C[harles] Rivington, […]; sold also by J[ohn] Hatchard, […], →OCLC, page 12
plural schismaticals
- alternativeAlternative form of schismatic.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or relating to or involved in or characteristic of schism
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Origin
From Latin schismaticus + -al.
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