late 14c., "ecclesiastical council," from Late Latin synodus, from Greek synodos "assembly, meeting; a coming together, conjunction of planets," from syn- "together" (see syn-) + hodos "a going, a way" (see cede). Earlier in English as sinoth (early 12c.). Used by Presbyterians for "assembly of ministers and other elders" from 1593 to c. 1920, when replaced by General Council.
實(shí)用例句
1. Should the General Synod vote women into the priesthood?
教會(huì)總會(huì)應(yīng)該投票讓女性擔(dān)任教士嗎?
來自柯林斯例句
2. The Synod's declarations prevailed de jure but not de facto in the Roman Catholic Church down to the Reformation era.