synaxis

English

Etymology

Latin, from Ancient Greek σύναξις (súnaxis, “gathering”), from συνάγω (sunágō, “I gather”). See synagogue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪˈnæksɪs/

Noun

synaxis (plural synaxes)

1. A congregation.
   • 1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures; […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] James Flesher, for Richard Royston […], →OCLC:

     Thus we find the bishops in the primitive church indicting of fasts , proclaiming assemblies , calling synods , gathering synaxes

2. A day following a Great Feast in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches, on which a person related to the events is remembered. For example, the Synaxis of John the Baptist follows the Theophany (Baptism of Christ), the Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel follows the Annunciation, and the Synaxis of the Theotokos follows Christmas Day.

Proper noun

synaxis

1. (obsolete) The Lord's Supper.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “synaxis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

Etymology

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Noun

synaxis f (genitive synaxis); third declension

1. assembly
2. (holy) communion, Eucharist

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	synaxis	synaxēs synaxeis
Genitive	synaxis synaxeōs synaxios	synaxium
Dative	synaxī	synaxibus
Accusative	synaxim synaxin synaxem1	synaxēs synaxīs
Ablative	synaxī synaxe1	synaxibus
Vocative	synaxis synaxi	synaxēs synaxeis

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

Quotations

• 9na Octobris [1831] — Fridolin Studer doliarius. / Breitenbach. ¶ Vitæ temporalis finem fecit Fridolinus Studer fil[ius]. Josephi et Ursulæ Jeger maritus M[ariae]. Annæ Hengi catholico ritu provisus et durante morbo sæpius s[ancta]. synaxi refectus 24ta Januarii 1782 natus adeoque an̄orum 49 c[um]. 10 mens[ibus]. ex hydropisi.