Definition for Synod:

• An assembly or council having civil authority; a legislative body.

Synonyms for Synod:

• n.

  •convocation (noun)
  • gettogether.
  •council (noun)
  • governing body,
  • directorate,
  • senates,
  • groupthink,
  • official family,
  • meeting,
  • senate,
  • body,
  • directorates.
  •group (noun)
  • synod.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • baptist,
  • acolyte,
  • benefice,
  • anglican,
  • Bible-thumper,
  • calvinism,
  • christendom,
  • beadle,
  • amish,
  • benedictine.
  •
  • government.
  •assembly
  • gathering.
  •congress
  • committee,
  • assembly,
  • conclave.
  •Other relevant words:
  • concourse,
  • conference,
  • advisory body,
  • brawl,
  • colloquium,
  • privy council,
  • bench,
  • church council,
  • cabinet,
  • conventionalism,
  • cockpit,
  • contract,
  • assemblee,
  • association,
  • housewarming,
  • congregation,
  • tradition,
  • rally,
  • rendezvous,
  • deliberative assembly,
  • parliament,
  • plenum,
  • ecclesiastical courts,
  • junta,
  • assignation,
  • chamber,
  • soviet,
  • divan,
  • church assembly,
  • vestry,
  • levee,
  • sitting,
  • fete,
  • sit-in,
  • Conge d'elire,
  • brain trust,
  • festivity,
  • nutriment,
  • staff,
  • assemblage,
  • province,
  • borough council,
  • Sanhedrim,
  • convention,
  • city council,
  • archdiocese,
  • meet,
  • syndicate,
  • mass meeting,
  • chapter,
  • consistory,
  • council of state,
  • commission,
  • parochial church council,
  • presbytery,
  • seminar,
  • ball,
  • board,
  • session,
  • Cabinet council,
  • date,
  • eisteddfod,
  • caucus,
  • archbishopric,
  • forum,
  • court,
  • shindig,
  • states-general,
  • legislature,
  • bargain,
  • camarilla,
  • kitchen cabinet,
  • at home,
  • bishopric,
  • dance,
  • diocese,
  • see,
  • prom,
  • parish council,
  • conventicle,
  • church,
  • forgathering,
  • reception,
  • quorum,
  • soiree,
  • directory,
  • seance,
  • Common council,
  • council of ministers,
  • council of war,
  • panel,
  • custom,
  • diet,
  • conventionality,
  • congress,
  • ecumenical council,
  • conciliarism,
  • tribunal,
  • Classis,
  • turnout,
  • indaba,
  • county council,
  • get together,
  • symposium,
  • party,
  • parish.

Paraphrases for Synod:

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    councils, DCS.

Synod Sentence Examples:

• It was he who persuaded the Synod to allow strangers to settle among us, believing that they would become like us.

• On June 28, 1618, a solemn protest was made by the Advocate in the States - General against the summoning of a National Synod in opposition to the expressed opinion of the Estates of Holland; and a threat was made that Holland might withhold her contribution to the general fund.

Hyponym for Synod:

• n.

  • group
    council.