# synod
## English
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: sĭn'əd, IPA: /ˈsɪn.əd/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

synod (plural synods)
* (Christianity) An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.
** 2023 October 2, Jason Horowitz, Elisabetta Povoledo, “What Is a Synod in the Catholic Church? And Why Does This One Matter?”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN: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.
* (Christianity) 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
* An assembly or council having civil authority; a legislative body.
** c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:It hath in solemn synods been decreed.
** 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:A third part of the Gods, in synod met / Their deities to assert; who, while they feel / Vigour divine within them, can allow / Omnipotence to none.
** a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “The Last Parting of Hector and Andromache. From the Sixth Book of the Iliad.”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume IV, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760, →OCLC, page 455:Parent of Gods and Men, propitious Jove! / And you bright ſynod of the Pow'rs above; / On this my ſon your gracious gifts beſtow; / Grant him to live, and great in arms to grow, [...]
* (astronomy) A conjunction of two or more of the heavenly bodies.

#### Usage notes

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

#### Hypernyms

* council

#### Derived terms

* antisynod
* general synod
* holy synod
* synodal
* synodality
* synodic

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Dyson, dynos, dyons

## Czech
### Noun

synod m inan
* synod (an ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters)
    Synonym: synoda

#### Declension
## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French synode, from Ecclesiastical Latin synodus, from Ancient Greek σύνοδος (súnodos).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɘ.nɔt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɘnɔt
* Syllabification: sy‧nod

### Noun

synod m inan
* (Eastern Orthodoxy, Protestantism, Roman Catholicism) synod (ecclesiastic council or meeting)

#### Related terms

* synodalny
* synodowy

### Further reading

* synod in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* synod in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Swedish
### Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek σύνοδος (súnodos).

### Noun

synod c
* synod

#### Derived terms

* synodal
* synodisk

### Further reading

* synod in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker