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61Synod of Mâcon — The term Synod of Mâcon is usually used to refer to either the second or third council of Christian bishops in the city of Mâcon. Both councils were convoked by the Burgundian king Guntram.[1] Contents 1 Second Council 2 Third Council …
62Synod of Beth Lapat — In 484, at the Synod of Beth Lapat, the Assyrian Church of the East under the leadership of the Catholicos Bar Sauma declared the teaching of Nestorius the official doctrine, and also decided that all monks church dignitaries should marry. The… …
63Synod of Emden — The Synod of Emden was a gathering of 29 exiled Calvinist Church leaders (Ministers and Authors) who were to become the founders of the Dutch Reformed Church. Held in Emden, Germany on 4 October 1571, where it established the rules and doctrices… …
64Synod of Whitby — (664) One of the most important church councils of early English history, the synod held at Streanaeschalch, or Bay of the Beacon (identified with Whitby since the eleventh century), determined the shape of Christianity in the Anglo Saxon… …
65synod — noun /ˈsɪn.əd/ An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters …
66Synod — An assembly of *clergy from a church or diocese. [< Gr. sunodos = a meeting] …
67synod — Synonyms and related words: British Cabinet, Council of Nicaea, Council of Trent, Lateran Council, Sanhedrin, US Cabinet, Vatican Council, advisory body, archbishopric, archdiocese, assemblee, assembly, assignation, association, at home, ball,… …
68SYNOD — name given to any assembly of bishops in council, and in the Presbyterian Church to an assembly of a district or a general assembly …
69Synod — The word used in the Eastern Church for what is called in the Western Church a Council. It is from a Greek word meaning coming together. See Council …
70synod — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. council, convocation, congregation, conclave. See assemblage, clergy. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. congress, conclave, assembly; see committee . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. ecclesiastical council,… …
