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Origin and history of synodal

synodal(adj.)

mid-15c., sinodal, synodal, "proceeding from a synod," from Late Latin synodalis, from synodus (see synod). By 1570s as "of or pertaining to a synod."

also from mid-15c.

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synod(n.)

"ecclesiastical council, assembly of bishops or Church delegates duly convoked," late 14c., a classical respelling of sinod (late Old English), from Late Latin synodus, from Greek synodos "assembly, meeting; a coming together, conjunction of planets," from syn- "together" (see syn-) + hodos "a traveling, journeying; a manner or system (of doing, speaking, etc.); a way, road, path," a word of uncertain origin (see Exodus).

Earlier in English as sinoth, Old English seonoþ, sinoþ. The word was used by Presbyterians for "assembly of ministers and other elders" from 1593 to c. 1920, when it was replaced by General Council.

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