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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.
The EastâWest Schism is the break of communion between what are now the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches, and which began in the 11th century. There had long been ecclesiastical differences and theological disputes between the Greek East and Latin West.