Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A council or an assembly of church officials or churches; an ecclesiastical council.
- noun A council or an assembly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the Reformed Dutch Church and in the Reformed German Church of the United States, a body composed of clerical and lay representatives from the classes, having complete supervision of the church and acting as the highest judicatory.
- noun In the Lutheran Ch., the district council, composed of all the ministers and one lay representative from each congregation in the district
- noun In the Reformed German Ch., a delegated body of ministers and elders from adjacent classes, subject to the general synod.
- noun An assembly of ecclesiastics or other church delegates duly convoked, pursuant to the law of the church, for the discussion and decision of ecclesiastical affairs; an ecclesiastical council.
- noun Specifically In Presbyterian churches, the court which ranks above the presbytery, and either is subordinate to a general assembly (as in most of the larger denominations) or is itself the supreme court of the church.
- noun A meeting, convention, or council.
- noun In astronomy, a conjunction of two or more planets or stars.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Eccl. Hist.) An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.
- noun An assembly or council having civil authority; a legislative body.
- noun (Astron.), rare A conjunction of two or more of the heavenly bodies.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult onchurch matters. - noun An
administrative division of churches, either the entiredenomination , as in the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, or a mid-level division (middle judicatory, district) as in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America - noun An
assembly orcouncil havingcivil authority ; alegislative body . - noun astronomy A
conjunction of two or more of theheavenly bodies .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a council convened to discuss ecclesiastical business
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The purpose of the synod is to reflect on the present and future of the faithful and the populations in the Middle East.
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The official objective of the synod is to strengthen Christian identity and promote ecumenism in Muslim countries.
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The purpose of the synod is to reflect on the present and future of the faithful and the populations in the Middle East.
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The official objective of the synod is to strengthen Christian identity and promote ecumenism in Muslim countries.
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This diet is often called a synod, on account of the many decisions arrived at in church matters.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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Bishop Robert was favourably impressed, and, since bishops as yet had the right of ordering feasts for their dioceses, he called a synod in 1246 and ordered the celebration to be held in the following year, also, that
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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Eugenius was impatient of the yoke; and the union of the Greeks might afford a decent pretence for translating a rebellious synod from the Rhine to the Po.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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In my synod, which is essentially eastern Puget Sound, we have five nursing homes owned by the church.
Faith leaders urge voters to reject Tim Eyman's immoral Initiative 1033 (Part III) 2009
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At this abbey, under Hilda's supervision, Oswiu called a synod in 664 to decide whether the churches in England would follow Roman or Irish rites.
Medieval Women I Adore - Installment 3: Hilda of Whitby Heo 2006
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Ironically, there was a synod, that is, a gathering of African bishops, here in Rome just as that genocide broke out.
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