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synodal

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English synodal, synodall, from Latin synodālis.[1][2] By surface analysis, synod +‎ -al.

Noun

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synodal (plural synodals)

  1. A tribute in money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest, now made to the ecclesiastical commissioners; a procuration.
    • 1887, Thomas Gibson, Legends and Historical Notes on Places of North Westmoreland:
      synodals, paid to the Bishop of Carlisle every year
  2. A constitution made in a provincial or diocesan synod.
    • c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 65, lines 130–135:
      Or els is thys Goddis law,
      Decrees or decretals,
      Or holy sinodals,
      Or els provincyals,
      Thus within the wals
      Of holy church to deale  […]?

Adjective

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synodal (not comparable)

  1. synodic; relating to a synod

References

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  1. ^ “synodal, adj. and n.”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ “sinodā̆l, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “synodal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

French

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Etymology

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From synode +‎ -al, from Ecclesiastical Latin synodus, from Ancient Greek σύνοδος (súnodos).

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Adjective

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synodal (feminine synodale, masculine plural synodaux, feminine plural synodales)

  1. (Christianity, relational) of a synod; synodic
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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin synodālis, from synodus, from Ancient Greek σύνοδος (súnodos, “assembly, meeting”). Cognate with English synodal, Dutch synodaal, French synodal.

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Adjective

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synodal (strong nominative masculine singular synodaler, not comparable)

  1. (relational) synod; synodic (notably in ecclesiastic context)

Declension

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Positive forms of synodal (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist synodal sie ist synodal es ist synodal sie sind synodal
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative synodaler synodale synodales synodale
genitive synodalen synodaler synodalen synodaler
dative synodalem synodaler synodalem synodalen
accusative synodalen synodale synodales synodale
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der synodale die synodale das synodale die synodalen
genitive des synodalen der synodalen des synodalen der synodalen
dative dem synodalen der synodalen dem synodalen den synodalen
accusative den synodalen die synodale das synodale die synodalen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein synodaler eine synodale ein synodales (keine) synodalen
genitive eines synodalen einer synodalen eines synodalen (keiner) synodalen
dative einem synodalen einer synodalen einem synodalen (keinen) synodalen
accusative einen synodalen eine synodale ein synodales (keine) synodalen
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