Usually means: Council of church leaders meeting.
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  1. synod: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. synod: Merriam-Webster
  3. synod: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. synod: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. synod: Collins English Dictionary
  6. synod: Vocabulary.com
  7. Synod, synod: Wordnik
  8. synod: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. synod: Wiktionary
  10. synod: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. synod: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. synod: Dictionary.com
  13. synod: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Synod: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Synod: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. synod: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. synod: Rhymezone
  18. Synod: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. synod: FreeDictionary.org
  20. synod: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. synod: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. synod: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. synod: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. synod: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. synod: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Encyclopedia of the Orient (No longer online)

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Synod: Catholic Encyclopedia
  2. Glossary of spiritual and religious terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (Christianity) An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.
noun:  (Christianity) 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
noun:  An assembly or council having civil authority; a legislative body.
noun:  (astronomy) A conjunction of two or more of the heavenly bodies.

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