Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The governing body of any of the Eastern Orthodox churches.
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Examples
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Senate; the Holy Synod; and the Committee of Ministers.
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The senate and Holy Synod conferred upon him the titles of "the Great, the Father of his country, and Emperor of all the Russias."
The Story of Russia R. Van Bergen
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In the report of the Holy Synod, in 1827, during the year 1825, and only among the Greek religion, 848 men had reached upward of 100 years of age; 32 had passed their 120th year, 4 from 130 to 135.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs
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Pobiedonostseff, Procurator General of the Holy Synod, who, for political rather than religious motives, was a fierce adversary of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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The Holy Synod is simply a department of the government through which the czar rules over his Church as absolutely as over his army and navy.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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The jurisdiction of the Holy Synod extends over every kind of ecclesiastical question and over some that are partly secular.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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The royal commissioner sits in the Holy Synod, and the Greek Church is as
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Moscow are: that of the Holy Synod, where there is a very large collection of Greek codices; and the library of the Rumianzoff
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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The reign of Alexander III was guided by the dictates of a reaction, due in great measure to the counsels of Constantine Pobedonoscev, procurator general of the Holy Synod.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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+ Rumania (1885), again a national Church with a Holy Synod and eight sees.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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