Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In musical acoustics, the interval between the octave of a given tone and the third of the eighth fifth, less four octaves, represented by the ratio , or 32805:32768.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anc. Mus.) An interval equal to half a comma.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun music A very small
interval equal to half acomma .
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We could substitute another word for fractured; we could use the Greek schisma, meaning a rent, a tearing of the fabric of the Church.
Anglican Mainstream 2008
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We could substitute another word for fractured; we could use the Greek schisma, meaning a rent, a tearing of the fabric of the Church.
Anglican Mainstream 2008
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Perhaps what can one day heal the schisma and bring true peace?
Play and playfullness Torill 2005
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Perhaps what can one day heal the schisma and bring true peace?
Archive 2005-08-01 Torill 2005
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Alterum schisma inter Theologos nonnullos super vocabulis
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Primum schisma inter Theologos quosdam factum est, cum alii assererent, bona opera necessaria esse ad salutem, impossibile esse salvari sine bonis operibus, et neminem unquam sine bonis operibus salvatum esse: alii vero docerent, bona opera ad salutem esse perniciosa.
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Alterum schisma inter Theologos nonnullos super vocabulis:
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Primum schisma inter Theologos quosdam factum est, cum alii assererent, bona opera necessaria esse ad salutem, impossibile esse salvari sine bonis operibus, et neminem unquam sine bonis operibus salvatum esse: alii vero docerent, bona opera ad salutem esse perniciosa.
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To which a cardinal mildly remarking, "_Domine, schisma est generis neutrius_ (schisma is neuter, your Majesty)," Sigismund loftily replies: "_Ego sum Rex Romanus et super grammaticam_ (I am King of the Romans, and above Grammar)!"
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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When Paul writing to the Corinthians speaks of a division in the body of Christ, he uses the word schisma.
Anglican Mainstream 2008
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