Synodal

adj, noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A tribute in money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest, now made to the ecclesiastical commissioners; a procuration.

    "synodals, paid to the Bishop of Carlisle every year"

  2. 2
    A constitution made in a provincial or diocesan synod.

    "Or els is thys Goddis law, Decrees or decretals, Or holy sinodals, Or els provincyals, Thus within the wals Of holy church to deale […]?"

Adjective
  1. 1
    synodic; relating to a synod not-comparable

    "Your juſtification is but a miſerable ſhifting off thoſe teſtimonies of the ancienteſt Fathers alledg’d againſt you, and the authority of ſome Synodal Canons, which are no warrant to us."

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"synodals, paid to the Bishop of Carlisle every year"

Etymology

From Middle English synodal, synodall, from Latin synodālis. By surface analysis, synod + -al.

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