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• a  of or relating to or involved in or characteristic of schism
  schismatic sects

• In a schismatic attempt to split the Black Hats, a group of lamas announced a rival Karmapa.
• Lefebvre then put the pressure on, threatening for the first time to ensure his movement's future by naming schismatic bishops.
• Because Roman Catholics believe that theirs is the one only True Church, they are discouraged from attending heretical or schismatic religious servicesi.

• schismatical

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• Alec Wilkinson: The steel-guitar gospel of the Campbell Brothers.
  The Campbell Brothers—Chuck, Phil, and Darick—play a specialized strain of gospel music called Sacred Steel. Sacred Steel features lap and pedal steel guitars, and it is indigenous to the House of God Church, a schismatic Pentecostal church, whose headquarters are in Nashville. There is a House . . . (Subscription required.)
  Jan. 20, 2014 - The New Yorker