schism
schism 英 [ˈskɪzəm] 美 [ˈsɪzəm, ˈskɪz-]
n. 分裂；分裂教会罪
名词复数:schisms
- The sound of the word schism reminds some people of the sound of a piece of paper being torn in two; which makes sense –– when a group has a big fight and the group is torn in two, that's a schism.
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- n. 分裂；分裂教会罪
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1. schism is probably not an overstatement.
说是分裂大概也不过分。
- schism (n.) late 14c., scisme, "dissension within the church," from Old French scisme, cisme "a cleft, split" (12c.), from Church Latin schisma, from Greek skhisma (genitive skhismatos) "division, cleft," in New Testament applied metaphorically to divisions in the Church (I Corinthians xii.25), from stem of skhizein "to split" (from PIE root *skei- "to cut, split"). Spelling restored 16c., but pronunciation unchanged. Often in reference to the Great Schism (1378-1417) in the Western Church.
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