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Meaning 1
The Lord's Supper.
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Usage: obsolete
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synaxis
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/sɪˈnæksɪs/
noun
Meaning 2
A congregation.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 3
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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History
Etymology
Latin, from Ancient Greek σύναξις (súnaxis, “gathering”), from συνάγω (sunágō, “to gather”). See synagogue.