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synod

[ UK /sˈɪnɒd/ ]
[ US /ˈsɪnəd/ ]
NOUN
  1. a council convened to discuss ecclesiastical business

How To Use synod In A Sentence

  • Will this issue be dealt with at the next synod of bishops? Times, Sunday Times
  • It is expected that the consistory will influence the agenda for next October's synod of bishops in Rome.
  • The vote is likely to be postponed to a specially convened synod in November. Times, Sunday Times
  • We've had our reports, commissions, conferences, seminars, missions, synodical reviews, liturgical reforms - the lot.
  • (obshejitel'nyie) or idiorhythmic (neobshejitel'nyie); but these latter are not n favour with the Holy Synod which restores the coenobic rule wherever possible. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman
  • 1259: Synod of the archdiocese in Mainz ordered Jews to wear yellow badges. Darwin Strips Reality of Purpose?
  • And synod should next week undo the damage that its previous vote caused. Times, Sunday Times
  • While clergy and lay members of the national church voted to hand the question of blessing same sex relationships to a theological committee, the Diocese of Toronto is set to debate the matter at its diocesan synod this fall.
  • The activities at parish, classical, and provincial level would be co-ordinated by a national synod and by Parliament.
  • The more likely scenario, however, is that the unamended legislation will continue its passage through the synod. Times, Sunday Times
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