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• Jehovah's Witnesses splinter groups — While the legal entities founded by Charles Taze Russell (the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society and the International Bible Students Association) have always remained grouped, various congregations and individuals in the Bible Student movement… …   Wikipedia

• splinter group — splinter groups N COUNT A splinter group is a group of people who break away from a larger group and form a separate organization, usually because they no longer agree with the views of the larger group …   English dictionary

• splinter group — noun A group of members of a political party or of a similar organisation who have decided to create their own organisation. Splinter groups in the centre Left or centre Right are often a shot in the arm for the Far Right or the Communist Party.… …   Wiktionary

• splinter group — /ˈsplɪntə grup/ (say splintuh groohp) noun a group of members of an organisation, party, or the like, who set up independently, as after disagreement with the parent body on some matter of principle: *Among the local officers there was total… …  

• Splinter (band) — Splinter was a two man vocal group from South Shields, near Newcastle upon Tyne in the north east of England, consisting of Bill Elliott (William Elliott) and Bobby Purvis (Robert J Purvis) . They were connected with powerful people (George… …   Wikipedia

• splinter — [splin′tər] vt., vi. [ME < MDu, akin to splinte,SPLINT] 1. to break or split into thin, sharp pieces 2. to break into small parts or into groups with divergent views; fragment n. 1. a thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, etc., made by splitting or …   English World dictionary

• splinter — splin|ter1 [ˈsplıntə US ər] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Middle Dutc] a small sharp piece of wood, glass, or metal, that has broken off a larger piece ▪ I ve got a splinter in my finger. splinter of ▪ splinters of glass >splintery adj splinter 2… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• splinter group — noun a faction or sect that has broken away from its parent organization • Hypernyms: ↑faction, ↑sect * * * noun, pl ⋯ groups [count] : a group of people that has separated from a larger group (such as a political party) * * * ˈsplinter group… …   Useful english dictionary

• splinter — splinterless, adj. splintery, adj. /splin teuhr/, n. 1. a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body. 2. See splinter group. v.t. 3. to split or break into splinters. 4. to break off (something) in …   Universalium

• splinter group — a small organization that becomes separated from or acts apart from an original larger group or a number of other small groups, with which it would normally be united, as because of disagreement. * * * …   Universalium

• splinter — splin•ter [[t]ˈsplɪn tər[/t]] n. 1) pat a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body 2) to split or break into splinters 3) to break off (something) in splinters 4) to split or break (a larger… …   From formal English to slang