synod

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A council or an assembly of church officials or churches; an ecclesiastical council.

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A council or an assembly.

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In the Reformed Dutch Church and in the Reformed German Church of the United States, a body composed of clerical and lay representatives from the classes, having complete supervision of the church and acting as the highest judicatory.

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In the Lutheran Ch., the district council, composed of all the ministers and one lay representative from each congregation in the district

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In the Reformed German Ch., a delegated body of ministers and elders from adjacent classes, subject to the general synod.

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An assembly of ecclesiastics or other church delegates duly convoked, pursuant to the law of the church, for the discussion and decision of ecclesiastical affairs; an ecclesiastical council.

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Specifically In Presbyterian churches, the court which ranks above the presbytery, and either is subordinate to a general assembly (as in most of the larger denominations) or is itself the supreme court of the church.

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A meeting, convention, or council.

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In astronomy, a conjunction of two or more planets or stars.

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An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.