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synod
CIDE DICTIONARY
synod, n. [L. synodus, Gr. sy`nodos a meeting; sy`n with + "odo`s a way; cf. AS. sino, seno, F. synode, both from the Latin.].
- An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters. [1913 Webster]" Synods are of four kinds: 1. General, or ecumenical, which are composed of bishops from different nations; -- commonly called general council. 2. National, composed of bishops of one nation only. 3. Provincial, in which the bishops of only one province meet; -- called also convocations. 4. Diocesan, a synod in which the bishop of the diocese or his representative presides. Among Presbyterians, a synod is composed of several adjoining presbyteries. The members are the ministers and a ruling elder from each parish." [1913 Webster]
- An assembly or council having civil authority; a legislative body. [1913 Webster]"It hath in solemn synods been decreed,
Both by the Syracusians and ourselves,
To admit no traffic to our adverse towns." [1913 Webster]"Parent of gods and men, propitious Jove!
And you, bright synod of the powers above." [1913 Webster] - A conjunction of two or more of the heavenly bodies. Milton. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
synod, n.
1 a Church council attended by delegated clergy and sometimes laity (see also General Synod).
2 a Presbyterian ecclesiastical court above the presbyteries and subject to the General Assembly.
3 any meeting for debate.
1 a Church council attended by delegated clergy and sometimes laity (see also General Synod).
2 a Presbyterian ecclesiastical court above the presbyteries and subject to the General Assembly.
3 any meeting for debate.
Etymology
ME f. LL synodus f. Gk sunodos meeting (as SYN-, hodos way)
THESAURUS
synod
British Cabinet, Council of Nicaea, Council of Trent, Lateran Council, Sanhedrin, US Cabinet, Vatican Council, advisory body, archbishopric, archdiocese, assemblee, assembly, assignation, association, at home, ball, bench, bishopric, board, body of advisers, borough council, brain trust, brawl, cabinet, camarilla, caucus, chamber, chapter, city council, classis, colloquium, commission, committee, common council, conciliarism, conclave, concourse, conference, congregation, congress, consistory, consultative assembly, conventicle, convention, convocation, council, council fire, council of ministers, council of state, council of war, county council, court, dance, date, deliberative assembly, diet, diocesan conference, diocese, directory, divan, ecclesiastical council, ecumenical council, eisteddfod, festivity, fete, forgathering, forum, gathering, get-together, housewarming, junta, kitchen cabinet, legislature, levee, meet, meeting, panel, parish, parish council, parochial church council, parochial council, party, plenary council, plenum, presbytery, privy council, prom, province, quorum, rally, reception, rendezvous, seance, see, session, shindig, sit-in, sitting, soiree, soviet, staff, symposium, syndicate, tribunal, turnout, vestryROGET THESAURUS
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Council
N council, committee, subcommittee, comitia, court, chamber, cabinet, board, bench, staff, senate, senatus, parliament, chamber of deputies, directory, reichsrath, rigsdag, cortes, storthing, witenagemote, junta, divan, musnud, sanhedrim, classis, Amphictyonic council, duma, house of representatives, legislative assembly, legislative council, riksdag, volksraad, witan, caput, consistory, chapter, syndicate, court of appeal, board of control, board of works, vestry, county council, local board, audience chamber, council chamber, state chamber, cabinet council, privy council, cockpit, convocation, synod, congress, convention, diet, states-general, assembly, caucus, conclave, clique, conventicle, meeting, sitting, seance, conference, convention, exhibition, session, palaver, pourparler, durbar, house, quorum, council fire, powwow, primary, meeting, assemblage, member, senator, member of parliament, M, P, councilor, representative of the people, assemblyman, congressman, councilman, councilwoman, alderman, freeholder, senatorial, curule, congressional, parliamentary, legislative, law-making, regulatory, deliberative.Churchdom
N church, churchdom, ministry, apostleship, priesthood, prelacy, hierarch, church government, christendom, pale of the church, clericalism, sacerdotalism, episcopalianism, ultramontanism, theocracy, ecclesiology, ecclesiologist, priestcraft, odium theologicum, monachism, monachy, monasticism, monkhood, pontificate, primacy, archbishopric, archiepiscopacy, prelacy, bishopric, bishopdom, episcopate, episcopacy, see, diocese, deanery, stall, canonry, canonicate, prebend, prebendaryship, benefice, incumbency, glebe, advowson, living, cure, rectorship, vicariate, vicarship, deaconry, deaconship, curacy, chaplain, chaplaincy, chaplainship, cardinalate, cardinalship, abbacy, presbytery, holy orders, ordination, institution, consecration, induction, reading in, preferment, translation, presentation, popedom, the Vatican, the apostolic see, religious sects, council, conclave, convocation, synod, consistory, chapter, vestry, sanhedrim, conge d'elire, ecclesiastical courts, consistorial court, court of Arches, ecclesiastical, ecclesiological, clerical, sacerdotal, priestly, prelatical, pastoral, ministerial, capitular, theocratic, hierarchical, archiepiscopal, episcopal, episcopalian, canonical, monastic, monachal, monkish, abbatial, abbatical, Anglican, pontifical, papal, apostolic, Roman, Popish, ultramontane, priest-ridden.For further exploring for "synod" in Webster Dictionary Online
