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    [Noun]  | "schism" | \ ˈsi-zəm \


    1: division, separation; also : discord, disharmony

    2: formal division in or separation from a church or religious body

    3: the offense of promoting schism

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English scisme, sisme, cisme "division in the church, dissension in belief, civil strife," borrowed from Anglo-French scisme, borrowed from Late Latin scisma, schisma "division of opinion, dissension in the church," borrowed from Greek schismat-, schísma "cleft, division, (New Testament) division of opinion," from schid-, stem of schízein "to split, separate" + -smat-, -sma, resultative noun suffix {mat|shed:1|};

      * Note : As the spellings suggest, the Middle English and early Modern English pronunciation of this word was with initial [s] rather than [sk]. Hellenized spellings with initial sch- became general in the seventeenth century, though the old pronunciation with initial [s] has persisted until recently.;

    [Noun]  | "schism" 


    1: a lack of agreement or harmony;


      * e.g., " ... schism within the charitable organization was preventing it from achieving its goals "




    2: the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces;


      * e.g., " ... the schism of the Christian church into the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches "




     [ "schism" ]

    1: Really meaning a "great divide," but can also be used to describe the relationships among people. Occurs when one is mad at someone else or a group of people. Can be an interjection as well.

      * e.g.,  ... Thanks for standing me up! Now there is schism between us! 

     [ "schism" ]

    1: a person split apart from the catholic church.

      * e.g.,  ... He is a schism. 

     [ "schism" ]

    1: short outburst of wanking simulation

      * e.g.,  ... when schismby tool is playin do it 

     [ "schism" ]

    1: skeet + jizz + -m = schism

      * e.g.,  ... At church I witnessed a Catholic schism. 

     [ "schism" ]

    2:  cum, jizz, skeet, semen, baby batter, etc.

     [ "schism" ]

    1: an outcast

      * e.g.,  ... Da Vinci 

     [ "schism" ]

    2: label of a belief contrary to the Roman Catholic Masses

     [ "schism" ]

    1: The act of leaving, bouncing, peacing out, breaking up or separating.

      * e.g.,  ... Yo man, this party is bunk, I'm about to schism. 

     [ "schism" ]

    1: a fucked up belief

      * e.g.,  ... "ism's and schism's, and everywhere there is war, War in the east, War in the west, everywhere there is war."-Bob Marley 

     [ "schism" ]

    2: -ism, - a belief

     [ "schism" ]

    1: Used to discribe an over exuberant divide or moment within a conversation. Often used with an insult refering to gentitalia.

      * e.g.,  ... Well schism my quim! 

     [ "schism" ]

    1: An Utouchable Person in Yo Hood. The Baddest MOFO u know. The person u know is silent but deadly

      * e.g.,  ... U betta watch out for TIC, what is he the schism. 

     [ "schism" ]

    1: Another name for a twitch or a spasm.

      * e.g.,  ... my leg just had a schism 

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