synod

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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. isim 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. isim An assembly or council having civil authority (formal); a legislative body.

   “It hath in solemn synods been decreed.”

4. isim A conjunction of two or more of the heavenly bodies.