synod

views updated May 18 2018

syn·od / ˈsinəd/ • n. 1. an assembly of the clergy and sometimes also the laity in a diocese or other division of a particular church.2. a Presbyterian ecclesiastical court above the presbyteries and subject to the General Assembly.

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English

synod

views updated May 29 2018

synod XIV. — late L. synodus — Gr. súnodos meeting, f. SYN- + hodós way, travel.
So synodal XV. — late L.; see -AL1.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD

synod

views updated Jun 11 2018

synod an assembly of the clergy of a particular Church, nation, province, or diocese, sometimes with representatives of the laity, duly convened for discussing and deciding ecclesiastical affairs. The term is recorded from late Middle English, and comes via late Latin from Greek sunodos ‘meeting’.

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ELIZABETH KNOWLES

Synod

views updated May 23 2018

Synod

an assembly of the clergy; of ministers or elders.

Examples : synod of greedy caterpillars, 1580; of cooks, 1763; of peers, 1849; of prelates; of all sweets, 1649.

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms

Synod

views updated Jun 27 2018

Synod (Gk.). A Christian church gathering for doctrinal and administrative purposes, constituted in many different ways in the different churches.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions JOHN BOWKER