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单词 synod
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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/
  • (file)

Noun

synod (plural synods)

  1. An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.
  2. 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
  3. 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, [...]
  4. (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

Anagrams

  • Dyson, dynos, dyons

Czech

Noun

synod m

  1. 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/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɨnɔt
  • Syllabification: sy‧nod

Noun

synod m inan

  1. (Eastern Orthodoxy, Protestantism, Roman Catholicism) synod (ecclesiastic council or meeting)

Declension

adjectives
  • synodalny
  • synodowy

Further reading

  • synod in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • synod in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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