dichostasy nonce-wd.
(dɪˈkɒstəsɪ)
[ad. Gr. διχοστασία a standing apart, dissension, f. διχο-, dicho- + στάσ-ις standing.]
A standing separate.
| c 1859 Bp. Short Sp. in Academy 30 July (1892) 86 His orders are irregular..and his Church system—he would not say schism—but dichostasy. |