Synod(n.) An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.
Synod(n.) An assembly or council having civil authority; a legislative body.
Synod(n.) A conjunction of two or more of the heavenly bodies.
Synodal(a.) Synodical.
Synodal(n.) 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.
Synodal(n.) A constitution made in a provincial or diocesan synod.
Synodic(a.) Alt. of Synodical
Synodical(a.) Of or pertaining to a synod; transacted in, or authorized by, a synod; as, synodical proceedings or forms.
Synodical(a.) Pertaining to conjunction, especially to the period between two successive conjunctions; extending from one conjunction, as of the moon or a planet with the sun, to the next; as, a synodical month (see Lunar month, under Month); the synodical revolution of the moon or a planet.
Synodically(adv.) In a synodical manner; in a synod; by the authority of a synod.
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