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   synod

   /ˈsɪnəd/

   noun

   • 1. an assembly of the clergy and sometimes also the laity in a diocese or other division of a particular Church: "the deanery synod"
   • 2. a Presbyterian ecclesiastical court above the presbyteries and subject to the General Assembly.

   Word Origin late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek sunodos ‘meeting’, from sun- ‘together’ + hodos ‘way’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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