Schism-shop is an obsolete and derogatory British slang term, now purely historical, for a Nonconformist or Dissenter meetinghouse — a place of Protestant worship outside the Church of England. The 'schism' element reflects Anglican contempt for those who had broken from the established church. The term would only appear in 17th-18th century texts or historical studies of religious conflict in England.
The pamphleteer dismissed the local chapel as nothing more than a schism-shop full of troublemakers.
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(UK, slang, obsolete) A Dissenters' meetinghouse.
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