SYNOD

(Yunanca köken — orijinale bakınız.) Among the moderns a distinction is sometimes made between a council and a synod; the former term representing a general a embly of the episcopal, provincial, or national order; the latter the convention of the inferior clergy of a diocese under its bishop or archdeacon. See Council. Synod. In the Scottish Kirk, an a embly composed of two or more presbyteries. It consists of every parish minister within its limits, and of the elders who have last represented the different se ions in the presbytery. There are sixteen synods in Scotland. See Puesbytery.' [s. 1215]