synod

名词 n.
中文释义
发音 sĭn'əd

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.
    — Addressing a number of previously taboo topics, this synod could result in several liberalizing reforms, though there is no guarantee that it will produce anything at all.
  2. An administrative division of churches, either the entire denomination, as in the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, or a mid-level division (middle judicatory, district) as in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  3. An assembly or council having civil authority (formal); a legislative body.
    — It hath in solemn synods been decreed.
  4. A conjunction of two or more of the heavenly bodies.

词形变化

synods plural

词汇关系

上位词
council
衍生词
antisynod countersynod general synod holy synod synodal synodality synodic synodist

词源

From Ancient Greek σύνοδος (súnodos, “assembly, meeting”) – from σύν (sún, “with”) (English syn-) + ὁδός (hodós, “way, path”).
Compare also with the term סַנְהֶדְרִין (“sanhedrin”) common throughout Hebrew Talmudic literature.
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