Power Thesaurus 1969, thermometer thesaurus, Power Thesaurus, viewed 14 April, 2017, <http://www.powerthesaurus.org/thermometer/synonyms>.
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.
Usage Note: The word schism, which was originally spelled scisme, cisme, and sisme in English, is traditionally pronounced (sÄ­zâ²Ém), without a (k) sound. The modern spelling with the h dates back to the 16th century, when the word was respelled to resemble its Latin and Greek ancestors.