Word Meanings - SYNOD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters. Note: Synods are of four kinds: 1. General, or ecumenical, which are compopsed of bishops from different nations; -- commonly called general council. 2. National, composed of bishops

Additional info about word: SYNOD

An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters. Note: Synods are of four kinds: 1. General, or ecumenical, which are compopsed of bishops from different nations; -- commonly called general council. 2. National, composed of bishops of one nation only. 3. Provincial, in which the bishops of only one province meet; -- called also convocations. 4. Diocesan, a synod in which the bishop of the diocese or his representative presides. Among Presbyterians, a synod is composed of several adjoining presbyteries. The members are the ministers and a ruling elder from each parish. 2. An assembly or council having civil authority; a legislative body. It hath in solemn synods been decreed, Both by the Syracusians and ourselves, To admit no traffic to our adverse towns. Shak. Parent of gods and men, propitious Jove! And you, bright synod of the powers above. Dryden.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SYNOD)

• Assembly
• Meeting
• concourse
• assemblage
• multitude
• group
• synod
• conclave
• conference
• convocation
• unison
• company
• congregation
• collection
• crowd
• gathering
• convention
• aggregate
• Conclave
• Council
• assembly
• bureau
• cabinet
• caucus
• Congress
• Parliament
• council
• legislature
• Convention
• Assemblage
• meeting
• congress
• session
• treaty
• compact
• Cabinet
• chamber
• consultation
• parliament

Related words: (words related to SYNOD)

• MEETER
  One who meets.
• CONFERENCE
  A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters. 6. A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are. Conference meeting,
• CONVENTIONALLY
  In a conventional manner.
• CHAMBERING
  Lewdness. Rom. xiii. 13.
• UNISONANCE
  Accordance of sounds; unison.
• CONGRESSIVE
  Encountering, or coming together. Sir T. Browne.
• CHAMBERER
  1. One who attends in a chamber; a chambermaid. Chaucer. 2. A civilian; a carpetmonger.
• CONVENTIONAL
  1. Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated. Conventional services reserved by tenures upon grants, made out of the crown or knights' service. Sir M. Hale. 2. Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement; sanctioned by
• CONVENTIONALISM
  The principles or practice of conventionalizing. See Conventionalize, v. t. (more info) 1. That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, or usage.
• CROWD
  1. To push, to press, to shove. Chaucer. 2. To press or drive together; to mass together. "Crowd us and crush us." Shak. 3. To fill by pressing or thronging together; hence, to encumber by excess of numbers or quantity. The balconies and verandas
• BUREAUCRAT
  An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrow and arbitrary routine. C. Kingsley.
• COMPACT
  1. Joined or held together; leagued; confederated. "Compact with her that's gone." Shak. A pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together. Peacham. 2. Composed or made; -- with of. A wandering fire, Compact of unctuous vapor. Milton. 3. Closely
• COMPACTIBLE
  That may be compacted.
• CHAMBERED
  Having a chamber or chambers; as, a chambered shell; a chambered gun.
• CONGRESSMAN
  A member of the Congress of the United States, esp. of the House of Representatives.
• CONVOCATIONIST
  An advocate or defender of convocation.
• CONVENTIONIST
  One who enters into a convention, covenant, or contract.
• CONGREGATIONALISM
  1. That system of church organization which vests all ecclesiastical power in the assembled brotherhood of each local church. 2. The faith and polity of the Congregational churches, taken collectively. Note: In this sense Congregationalism is the
• BUREAUCRATIST
  An advocate for , or supporter of, bureaucracy.
• ASSEMBLY
  A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble. Note: In some of the United States, the legislature, or the popular branch of it, is called the Assembly, or the General Assembly. In the Presbyterian Church, the General
• MEGATHEROID
  One of a family of extinct edentates found in America. The family includes the megatherium, the megalonyx, etc.
• STAR-CHAMBER
  An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a jury. It consisted of the king's council, or of the privy council only with the addition of certain judges. It could proceed
• TRUST COMPANY
  Any corporation formed for the purpose of acting as trustee. Such companies usually do more or less of a banking business.
• WATCH MEETING
  A religious meeting held in the closing hours of the year.
• TAXGATHERER
  One who collects taxes or revenues. -- Tax"gath`er*ing, n.