synodal

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Definition of synodal

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A monetary tribute formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest.
    “synodals, paid to the Bishop of Carlisle every year”
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noun

  1. A monetary tribute formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest.
    “synodals, paid to the Bishop of Carlisle every year”
  2. A constitution made in a provincial or diocesan synod.
    “Or els is thys Goddis law, Decrees or decretals, Or holy sinodals, Or els provincyals, Thus within the wals Of holy church to deale […]?”

adj

  1. (not-comparable)synodic; relating to a synod
    “Your juſtification is but a miſerable ſhifting off thoſe teſtimonies of the ancienteſt Fathers alledg’d againſt you, and the authority of ſome Synodal Canons, which are no warrant to us.”

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Etymology

From Middle English synodal, synodall, from Latin synodālis. By surface analysis, synod + -al.

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