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splinter group a number of members of an organization, political party, etc., who split from the main body and form an independent association, usually as the result of dissension How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Of course the owl and the pussycat got the racial purity people all in a lather, and when the dish ran away with the spoon we heard from splinter groups as far away as northern Idaho. Four main insurgent factions, along with various splinter groups and criminal organizations spread throughout the republic's more than 7,000 islands, currently threaten the Philippines. Back in Canada, Quebec City Westminster, BC, the four ministers who had opposed Bishop Michael Ingham's promotion of church-approved sodomy since 2002 resigned in May 2004 and they and their parishoners have joined the Anglican Communion of Canada, another addition to the already existing splinter groups who are all trying to preserve "traditional" Christian moral teachings within an Anglican framework. |
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