Similar words: synonym, synopsis, synonymous, nod, node, anode, nodule, by now. Meaning: ['sɪnəd] 
n. a council convened to discuss ecclesiastical business.
n. a council convened to discuss ecclesiastical business. 
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31. Swapping pleasantries, two cardinals prepare to enter the Synod Hall for a consistory, an assembly of cardinals that advises the pope.
32. A clerical assembly of the Anglican Church similar to a synod but assembling only when called.
33. The first French Huguenot community was founded in 1546, and the confession of faith drawn up by the first synod in 1559 was influenced by the ideas of John Calvin.
34. The church condemns suicide and has banned church burials for those who take their lives, " said a spokesman for the Holy Synod, the church ruling body."
35. He will hold an open-air mass in the capital Yaounde and he'll outline the program for a Synod on Africa to be held later this year. Our religious affairs correspondent Christopher Landau reports.
36. He was one of the four mainland prelates who were invited by the pope to the World Synod of Bishops in 2005, although he was unable to attend.
37. However, while missionaries and Chinese synodical leaders had often spoken of how the Chinese synod is independent, no formal acknowledgment of this had been made. Sentencedict.com
38. He repaired, however, the public scandal he had given by a sincere retractation made in the presence of Pope Gregory VII at a synod held in Rome in 1079, and died reconciled to the Church.
39. Their arguments have been echoed during the synod, with repeated criticisms of institutions that promote "reproductive health care" for women.
40. But bishops and clergy in the church's General Synod gave a resounding thumbs down to proposals to amend church law to allow ministers to dress more casually.
41. But the prospect of a formal change in Church law, automatically clearing the way of wedding like this one, has caused anger in the Synod.
42. Church councils in the eastern church: Synod of Hippo , 393 ; Synod of Carthage, 397.
43. We indeed willingly concede, if any discussion arises over doctrine, that the best and surest remedy is for a synod of true bishops to be convened, where the doctrine at issue may be examined.
44. The Emperor supported the synod, but the Pope repudiated it.
45. The issue came to a head when the 291st synod prior is of terra debated the use of the Repressor by the Order of Sacred Rose.
46. Synod , yesterday win Royal Assent and pass into law before the wedding day next April.
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