noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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sĭn'əd
/ˈsɪn.əd/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An administrative division of churches, either the entire denomination, as in the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, or a mid-level division (middle judicatory, district) as in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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3
noun
Meaning 3
An assembly or council having civil authority (formal); a legislative body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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4
noun
Meaning 4
A conjunction of two or more of the heavenly bodies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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5
noun
Meaning 5
a council convened to discuss ecclesiastical business
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: council
History
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σύνοδος (súnodos, “assembly, meeting”) – from σύν (sún, “with”) (English syn-) + ὁδός (hodós, “way, path”). Compare also with the term סַנְהֶדְרִין (“sanhedrin”) common throughout Hebrew Talmudic literature.
Across languages
Translations
64 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
sinode
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Arabic:
سِيَنُودُوس
(siyanūdūs)
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Armenian:
սինոդ
(sinod)
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Belarusian:
сіно́д
(sinód)
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Bulgarian:
синод
(sinod)
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Catalan:
sínode
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Chinese Mandarin:
教会会议
(jiàohuì huìyì)
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Czech:
synod
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Czech:
synoda
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Danish:
synode
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Dutch:
synode
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Esperanto:
sinodo
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Estonian:
sinod
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Farefare:
sinodo
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Finnish:
kirkolliskokous
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Finnish:
synodi
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
French:
synode
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
West-Frisian:
synoade
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Galician:
sínodo
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Georgian:
სინოდი
(sinodi)
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
German:
Synode
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Greek:
σύνοδος
(sýnodos)
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Ancient Greek:
σύνοδος
(súnodos)
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Hebrew:
סִינוֹד
(sinód)
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Hindi:
धर्मसभा
(dharmsabhā)
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Hungarian:
zsinat
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Hungarian:
szinódus
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Icelandic:
prestastefna
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Ido:
sinodo
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Indonesian:
sinode
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Italian:
sinodo
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Japanese:
教会会議
(kyōkaikaigi)
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Kazakh:
синод
(sinod)
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Korean:
교회회의
(gyohoehoe'ui)
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Korean:
시노드
(sinodeu)
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Latin:
synodus
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Lithuanian:
sinodas
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Low German:
Synood
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Macedonian:
синод
(sinod)
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Malayalam:
സൂനഹദോസുകൾ
(sūnahadōsukaḷ)
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Māori:
hīnota
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Norman:
synnode
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Norwegian Bokmål:
synode
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Norwegian Nynorsk:
synode
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Polish:
synod
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Portuguese:
sínodo
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Romanian:
sinod
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Russian:
сино́д
(sinód)
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Russian:
синкли́т
(sinklít)
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Serbo-Croatian:
сѝно̄д
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Serbo-Croatian:
sìnōd
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Slovak:
synoda
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Spanish:
sínodo
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Swahili:
sinodi
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Swedish:
synod
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Tagalog:
sinodo
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Ukrainian:
сино́д
(synód)
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Uzbek:
синод
(sinod)
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Uzbek:
sinod
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Vietnamese:
công nghị
— ecclesiastic council or meeting
Bulgarian:
синод
(sinod)
— administrative division of church
Catalan:
sínode
— administrative division of church
Finnish:
synodi
— administrative division of church
Portuguese:
sínodo
— administrative division of church
