Pope Francis has opened a synod that, this time, includes lay people and women.
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Synod
//ˈsɪn.əd//
Synonyms for "synod" (109 found)
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12 entriesTranslations
62 translations across 52 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- sinode noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σύνοδος noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Arabic
1 entries- سِيَنُودُوس noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Armenian
1 entries- սինոդ noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Belarusian
1 entries- сіно́д noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Bulgarian
1 entries- синод noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Catalan
2 entries- sínode noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
- sínode noun (administrative division of church)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 教会会议 noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Czech
2 entries- synod noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
- synoda noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Danish
1 entries- synode noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Dutch
1 entries- synode noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Esperanto
1 entries- sinodo noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Estonian
1 entries- sinod noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Farefare
1 entries- sinodo noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Finnish
3 entries- kirkolliskokous noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
- synodi noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
- synodi noun (administrative division of church)
French
1 entries- synode noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Galician
1 entries- sínodo noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Georgian
1 entries- სინოდი noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
German
1 entries- Synode noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Greek
1 entries- σύνοδος noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Hebrew
1 entries- סִינוֹד noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Hungarian
2 entries- szinódus noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
- zsinat noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Icelandic
1 entries- prestastefna noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Ido
1 entries- sinodo noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Indonesian
1 entries- sinode noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Italian
1 entries- sinodo noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Japanese
1 entries- 教会会議 noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Kazakh
1 entries- синод noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Korean
2 entries- 교회회의 noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
- 시노드 noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Latin
1 entries- synodus noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Lithuanian
1 entries- sinodas noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Low German
1 entries- Synood noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Macedonian
1 entries- синод noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Malayalam
1 entries- സൂനഹദോസുകൾ noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Māori
1 entries- hīnota noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Norman
1 entries- synnode noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- synode noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- synode noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Polish
1 entries- synod noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Portuguese
2 entries- sínodo noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
- sínodo noun (administrative division of church)
Romanian
1 entries- sinod noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Russian
2 entries- синкли́т noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
- сино́д noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- sìnōd noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
- сѝно̄д noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Slovak
1 entries- synoda noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Spanish
1 entries- sínodo noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Swahili
1 entries- sinodi noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Swedish
1 entries- synod noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Tagalog
1 entries- sinodo noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Ukrainian
1 entries- сино́д noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Uzbek
2 entries- sinod noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
- синод noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Vietnamese
1 entries- công nghị noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
West-Frisian
1 entries- synoade noun (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
A synod is a meeting of bishops, who make up the Church's leadership around the world.
Source: tatoeba (12717375)
As a young priest, Father Thomas attended his first synod.
Source: tatoeba (13176190)
Addressing a number of previously taboo topics, this synod could result in several liberalizing reforms, though there is no guarantee that it will produce anything at all.
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