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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
synod /ˈsɪnəd, -ɒd/

▶noun

1 an assembly of the clergy (and sometimes also the laity) in a division of a Christian Church.

2 a Presbyterian ecclesiastical court above the presbyteries and subject to the General Assembly.

– derivatives
synodal adjective.

– origin ME: via late L. from Gk sunodos ‘meeting’, from sun- ‘together’ + hodos ‘way’.

'synod' also found in these Oxford entries:

General Synod - synodic - synodical

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