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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  the division or conflict in the Roman Catholic Church from 1378 to 1417, when there were rival popes at Avignon and Rome also called Schism of the West. 2  the separation of the Eastern Church from the Western Church, traditionally dated 1054 also called Schism of the East.