synodist

English

Etymology

From synod +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪnədɪst/

Noun

synodist (plural synodists)

1. An adherent to a synod.
   • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):

     These synodists thought fit in Latin as yet to veil their decrees from vulgar eyes.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “synodist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)