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Noun: Western Schism
  1. (Roman Catholicism) the period from 1378 to 1417 during which there were two papacies in the Roman Catholic Church, one in Rome and one in Avignon
    - Great Schism

Type of: period, period of time, schism, time period, time span

Encyclopedia: Western Schism

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