synod

Etymology
From – from  (English ) +.

Compare also with the term common throughout Hebrew Talmudic literature.

Noun

 * 1)  An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.
 * 2)  An administrative division of churches, either the entire denomination, as in the, or a mid-level division (, district) as in the
 * 3) An assembly or council having civil authority; a legislative body.
 * 4)  A conjunction of two or more of the heavenly bodies.
 * 1)  A conjunction of two or more of the heavenly bodies.
 * 1)  A conjunction of two or more of the heavenly bodies.
 * 1)  A conjunction of two or more of the heavenly bodies.
 * 1)  A conjunction of two or more of the heavenly bodies.

Usage notes
Usage differs between different churches – see uses in different Communions.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: سِيَنُودُوس
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: сіно́д
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 教会会议
 * Czech: synod,
 * Danish: synode
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: sinodo
 * Estonian: sinod
 * Farefare: sinodo
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: sínodo
 * Georgian: სინოდი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σύνοδος
 * Hebrew: סִינוֹד
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: prestastefna
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 教会会議
 * Kazakh: синод
 * Korean: 교회회의, 시노드
 * Latin: synodus
 * Lithuanian: sinodas
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: Synood
 * Macedonian: синод
 * Malayalam: സൂനഹദോസുകൾ
 * Maori: hīnota
 * Norman: synnode
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: synode
 * Nynorsk: synode
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: сѝно̄д
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: synoda
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: sinodi
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: sinodo
 * Ukrainian: сино́д
 * Uzbek:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Vietnamese: công nghị
 * West Frisian: synoade


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * Portuguese:

Noun

 * 1)  an ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters

Etymology
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