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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.
scapeâ¢goat. 1. a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place. 2. a goat let loose in the wilderness on Yom Kippur after the high priest symbolically laid the sins of the people on its head.