synod

A council or an assembly of church officials or churches; an ecclesiastical council.

A council or an assembly.

In the Reformed Dutch Church and in the Reformed German Church of the United States, a body composed of clerical and lay representatives from the classes, having complete supervision of the church and acting as the highest judicatory.

In the Lutheran Ch., the district council, composed of all the ministers and one lay representative from each congregation in the district

In the Reformed German Ch., a delegated body of ministers and elders from adjacent classes, subject to the general synod.

An assembly of ecclesiastics or other church delegates duly convoked, pursuant to the law of the church, for the discussion and decision of ecclesiastical affairs; an ecclesiastical council.

Specifically In Presbyterian churches, the court which ranks above the presbytery, and either is subordinate to a general assembly (as in most of the larger denominations) or is itself the supreme court of the church.

A meeting, convention, or council.

In astronomy, a conjunction of two or more planets or stars.

An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.