synod
pronunciation
How to pronounce synod in British English:
UK [ˈsɪnəd]
How to pronounce synod in American English:
US [ˈsɪnəd]
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- Noun:
- a council convened to discuss ecclesiastical business
Word Origin
- synod (n.)
- late 14c., "ecclesiastical council," from Late Latin synodus, from Greek synodos "assembly, meeting; a coming together, conjunction of planets," from syn- "together" (see syn-) + hodos "a going, a way" (see cede). Earlier in English as sinoth (early 12c.). Used by Presbyterians for "assembly of ministers and other elders" from 1593 to c. 1920, when replaced by General Council.
Example
- 1. Last june , moyers and obama were among the presenters at the ucc 's 50th anniversary general synod in hartford , conn.
- 2. The church synod decided that the priest should be excommunicated .
- 3. A majority of the synod is expected to vote for gay marriages .
- 4. Chinese rhenish church hong kong synod , welfare department .
- 5. Since in certain provinces readers and cantors have been allowed to marry , the sacred synod decrees that none of them is permitted to marry a wife of heterodox views .