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Schismatize

Schismatize \Schis"ma*tize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Schismatized; p. pr. & vb. n. Schismatizing.] [Cf. F. schismatiser.] To take part in schism; to make a breach of communion in the church.

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schismatize

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To cause to break apart by way of schism. 2 (context intransitive English) To take part in schism; to make a breach of communion in the church.

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How much wiser are the Quakers, who, agreeing in the fundamental doctrines of the gospel, schismatize about no mysteries, and, keeping within the pale of common sense, suffer no speculative differences of opinion, any more than of feature, to impair the love of their brethren.