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5 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a council convened to discuss ecclesiastical business
originFrom Ancient Greek σύνοδος (súnodos, “assembly, meeting”) – from σύν (sún, “with”) (English syn-) + ὁδός (hodós, “way, path”). Compare also with the term סַנְהֶדְרִין (“sanhedrin”) common throughout Hebrew Talmudic literature.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0