Middle English Dictionary Entry
scismatī̆k n.
Entry Info
| Forms | scismatī̆k n. Also sismatik(e, cismatike. |
| Etymology | OF cismatique, s(c)is- & L schismaticus, scis-, AL sis-, cis-; ult. Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
One who participates in an ecclesiastical schism, a schismatic; heretike and (or) ~.
Associated quotations
- (1395) Wycl.37 Concl.(Tit D.1)124 : Whethir an eretyk or a scismatyk..cristeneth..he that is baptisid so mai not be baptisid agen.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)11.115 : Cryste cleped vs alle come if we wolde, Sarasenes and scismatikes, and so he dyd þe iewes.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)78 : Cysmatyke: Cismaticus, cismatica.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)456 : Sysmatyk [Win: Sysmatyke]: Scismaticus.
- c1450(?c1400) 3 KCol.(1) (Cmb Ee.4.32)140/10 : Alle þes cristen heretykes and scismatikes, boþe seculers and religious..fastyn on cristemasse-daye.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)28/2 : Alle þat kepyn holy cherch-godys or wyth-holdyn þat arn alyenyd awey be sysmatykes or be lewyd men.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)172 : Kyng of Frauns appeled fro the Pope onto a General Councelle, puttyng upon the Pope that he was both a heretik and a scismatik.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)242 : Because that the Spaynardis were scismatikes, the Pope Urban graunted every man..plener remission of synne.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)679 : Ther were bosters, braggars, & brybores..sorcerers, & many scismatykes.