synod
English
WOTD – 25 December 2011
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σύνοδος (súnodos, “assembly, meeting”) – from σύν (sún, “with”) (English syn-) + ὁδός (hodós, “way, path”).
Compare also with the term סַנְהֶדְרִין (“sunédrion”) common throughout Hebrew Talmudic literature.
Pronunciation
- enPR: sĭn'əd, IPA(key): /ˈsɪn.əd/
Audio (UK) (file)
Noun
synod (plural synods)
- An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.
- An administrative division of churches, either the entire denomination, as in the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, or a mid-level division (middle judicatory, district) as in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- An assembly or council having civil authority; a legislative body.
- c. 1594, William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i]:
- It hath in solemn synods been decreed.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
- A third part of the Gods, in synod met / Their deities to assert; who, while they feel / Vigour divine within them, can allow / Omnipotence to none.
- a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “The Last Parting of Hector and Andromache. From the Sixth Book of the Iliad.”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume IV, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760, OCLC 863244003, page 455:
- Parent of Gods and Men, propitious Jove! / And you bright ſynod of the Pow'rs above; / On this my ſon your gracious gifts beſtow; / Grant him to live, and great in arms to grow, [...]
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- (astronomy) A conjunction of two or more of the heavenly bodies.
Usage notes
Usage differs between different churches – see uses in different Communions.
Hypernyms
- council
Derived terms
- antisynod
- general synod
- synodal
- synodic
Translations
ecclesiastic council or meeting
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administrative division of church
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Anagrams
- Dyson, dynos, dyons
Czech
Noun
synod m
- synod (an ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters)
Synonyms
- synoda
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French synode, from Ecclesiastical Latin synodus, from Ancient Greek σύνοδος (súnodos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɨ.nɔt/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɨnɔt
- Syllabification: sy‧nod
Noun
synod m inan
- (Eastern Orthodoxy, Protestantism, Roman Catholicism) synod (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Declension
Declension of synod
singular | plural | |
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nominative | synod | synody |
genitive | synodu | synodów |
dative | synodowi | synodom |
accusative | synod | synody |
instrumental | synodem | synodami |
locative | synodzie | synodach |
vocative | synodzie | synody |
Related terms
adjectives
- synodalny
- synodowy
Further reading
- synod in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- synod in Polish dictionaries at PWN