[ˈsɪnɒd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an assembly of the clergy and sometimes also the laity in a diocese or other division of a particular Church
(e.g: the deanery synod)

- a Presbyterian ecclesiastical court above the presbyteries and subject to the General Assembly


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Origin:
late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek sunodos ‘meeting’, from sun- ‘together’ + hodos ‘way’