Synod
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
A meeting or assembly of ecclesiastical persons concerning religion; it is the name derived from the Greek corresponding to convocation in Latin. There are four kinds: A general or universal synod or council, where bishops of all nations meet. A national synod of the clergy of one nation only. A provincial synod, where ecclesiastical persons of a province only assemble, being now what is called the convocation. A diocesan synod, of those of one diocese. A synod in Scotland is composed of three or more presbyteries..Jacob.