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Full Definition of SCHISM. 1. 2. a: formal division in or separation from a church or religious body b: the offense of promoting schism. See schism defined for English-language learners.
Great Schism. 1. a period of division in the Roman Catholic Church, 1378â1417, over papal succession, during which there were two, or sometimes three, claimants to the papal office. We would endure a time second only in bitterness and division to the Great Schism that attended the Vietnam War.