synod

  1. Noun.  An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.
  2. Noun.  An administrative division of churches, either the entire denomination, as in the (w, Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod) , or a mid-level division ((w, middle judicatory) , district) as in the (w, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) .

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