synodal

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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

synodal (not comparable)

1. synodic; relating to a synod
   • 1641, [John Milton], Animadversions upon the Remonstrants Defence against Smectymnuus, London: […] [Richard Oulton and Gregory Dexter] for Thomas Vnderhill, […], →OCLC, page 17:

     Your juſtification is but a miſerable ſhifting off thoſe teſtimonies of the ancienteſt Fathers alledg’d againſt you, and the authority of ſome Synodal Canons, which are no warrant to us.

References

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

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

Related terms

• synode m
• synodique

Further reading

• “synodal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

synodal (strong nominative masculine singular synodaler, not comparable)

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

Declension

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

Related terms

• Synode

Further reading

• “synodal” in Duden online