synodman

A member of a Church synod. "He has abus'd our church Despised our synod - men like dirt, And made their discipline his sport." Butler: Hudibras , pt. ii., ch. iii. syn-od-al, *sin-od-all, *syn-od-all, a. & s. [Eng.synod; -al . ] A. As adj .: Of or pertaining to a synod or synods; done in or by a synod; synodic; of the nature of a synod. "The synod all a emblies by the bishops or commis sioners." - Holinshed: Hist. Scot . (an. 1583). B. As substantive (pl.): *1. A name sometimes given to constitutions made in provincial or diocesan synods. 2. Payments formerly made by the parochial clergy to the bishop in honor of the episcopal chair, and in token of subjection and obedience. These charges were transferred to the ecclesiastical commi ioners, who claim them through the archdeacons when the latter go their rounds. *syn-ō-di-an, s. [Eng. synod; -ian.] A synod man. syn-od-ic, syn-od-ic-al, *syn-od-ic-all, adj. [Gr. synodikos, from synodos =a synod (q. v.); Fr. synodique.] I. Ord. Lang.: Of or pertaining to a synod; transacted in a synod; made in or by a synod. "It could not stand with their conscience to promise obedience to all synodic all decrees."- Hales : Remains; Let. from the Synod of Dort , Jan., 1618. II. Astron. Of or pertaining to a conjunction between two heavenly bodies, or specially to the time intervening between them, extending from one conjunction to the next. "The moon makes its synodical motion about the earth in 29 days, 12 hours, and about 44 minutes."-Locke: Natural Philosophy , ch. xiii. IMG:content-0728.png:[blocks in formation] "Dionysius, Bishop of Rome, in a letter (wrote very probably with the advice and consent of his clergy syn convened)."- Water land : Works, ii., ser. 8. syn-o-dist, s . [English synod; -ist .] One who adheres to a synod.