synod
- Noun. An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.
- 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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