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synodal (iou)



synodal adjective & noun. LME.
[Late Latin synodalis, from synodus SYNOD: see -AL1.]
A. adjective.
= SYNODICAL 1. LME.
= SYNODICAL 2. M16.
Of, pertaining to, or connected with a synod or an episcopal visitation (cf. sense B.2 below). Now Hist. L16.
b. noun.
A synodal decision, constitution, or decree. Long obsolete exc. Hist. L15.
A payment made by the inferior clergy to a bishop, orig. on the occasion of a synod, later at an episcopal or archidiaconal visitation. M16.
A synod. Only in L16.
synodally adverb by the action or authority of a synod M17.