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schismatical

schismatical is the alternative form of schismatic.

Meaning of schismatic

Adjective

schismatic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a schism.
    • The pontiff had made a last-ditch effort to persuade the society to halt the ordinations, calling them a “schismatic act” and a “sin of extreme gravity”.2026 July 1, Angela Giuffrida, “Fears of Catholic schism as defiant sect ordains ultra-conservative bishops”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
  2. Of or pertaining to a schisma.
  3. Divisive.
    • schismatic opinions or proposals

See all 4 meanings of schismatic

Forms of schismatical

pluralschismaticals

Origin of schismatical

From Latin schismaticus + -al.

Questions about schismatical

What is schismatical the alternative form of?
Schismatical is the alternative form of schismatic.

Words near schismatical in the dictionary

  1. schism-shop
  2. schism-shops
  3. schisma
  4. schismas
  5. schismatic
  6. schismatical
  7. schismaticall
  8. schismatically
  9. schismaticalness
  10. schismaticals
  11. schismatick

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Adapted from Wiktionary: schismatical (page history and authors); schismatic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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