(sin′əd) noun
1. An ecclesiastical council, stated or special, local or general; hence, any deliberative assembly.
2. Astron. A conjunction (def. 2). [OE synoth <LL synodus <Gk. synodos, lit., a coming together <syn- together + hodos a way; refashioned after MF synode <LL]

(sin′əd) noun
1. One of certain ecclesiastical councils distinguished by their extent or locality.
2. In the Presbyterian churches, a council intermediate between presbyteries and General Assembly.
3. In the Dutch Reformed, German Reformed, and Lutheran churches in the United States, a supreme council, known as General Synod, and also a more limited one, known as Particular or District Synod.