synodal
English
Etymology
synod + -al
Noun
synodal (plural synodals)
- A tribute in money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest, now made to the ecclesiastical commissioners; a procuration.
- 1887, Thomas Gibson, Legends and Historical Notes on Places of North Westmoreland
- synodals, paid to the Bishop of Carlisle every year
- 1887, Thomas Gibson, Legends and Historical Notes on Places of North Westmoreland
- A constitution made in a provincial or diocesan synod.
- c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, OCLC 8728872, lines 130–135, page 65:
- Or els is thys Goddis law,
Decrees or decretals,
Or holy sinodals,
Or els provincyals,
Thus within the wals
Of holy church to deale […]?
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Adjective
synodal (not comparable)
- synodic; relating to a synod
- 1641, John Milton, Animadversions upon the Remonstrants Defence against Smectymnuus; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], Amsterdam [actually London: s.n.], 1698, OCLC 926209975:
- the authority of some synodal canons
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for synodal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
French
Etymology
From synode + -al, from Ecclesiastical Latin synodus, from Ancient Greek σύνοδος (súnodos).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
synodal (feminine synodale, masculine plural synodaux, feminine plural synodales)
- (Christianity, relational) of a synod; synodic
Related terms
- synode m
- synodique
Further reading
- “synodal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin synodālis, from synodus, from Ancient Greek σύνοδος (súnodos, “assembly, meeting”). Cognate with English synodal, Dutch synodaal, French synodal.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
synodal (strong nominative masculine singular synodaler, not comparable)
- (relational) synod; synodic (notably in ecclesiastic context)
Declension
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist synodal | sie ist synodal | es ist synodal | sie sind synodal | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | synodaler | synodale | synodales | synodale |
| genitive | synodalen | synodaler | synodalen | synodaler | |
| dative | synodalem | synodaler | synodalem | synodalen | |
| accusative | synodalen | synodale | synodales | synodale | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der synodale | die synodale | das synodale | die synodalen |
| genitive | des synodalen | der synodalen | des synodalen | der synodalen | |
| dative | dem synodalen | der synodalen | dem synodalen | den synodalen | |
| accusative | den synodalen | die synodale | das synodale | die synodalen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein synodaler | eine synodale | ein synodales | (keine) synodalen |
| genitive | eines synodalen | einer synodalen | eines synodalen | (keiner) synodalen | |
| dative | einem synodalen | einer synodalen | einem synodalen | (keinen) synodalen | |
| accusative | einen synodalen | eine synodale | ein synodales | (keine) synodalen | |
Related terms
- Synode
Further reading
- “synodal” in Duden online