Sentences with 'cemented'
Example sentences and phrases with the word cemented and other words derived from it.
• « The final and permanent division between the Western and Eastern churches, which had already existed de facto for centuries, came in 1054, when Pope Leo IX and Patriarch Michael I excommunicated each other after Michael refused to recognise Leo's pre-eminence - this event cemented the "Great Schism" (schism means "rupture" or "split") between the Western and Eastern churches. »
• « When Ali's son Hussein, then leader of the Shi'a and grandson of Muhammad himself, was assassinated by the Umayyads in 680, the permanent rift between Sunni and Shi'a was cemented. »
• « This was perhaps the Safavids' most significant historical legacy: their dynasty cemented Iran's identity as a Shia state, something with important political consequences to this day. »