synody
(ˈsɪnədɪ)
Also 6–7 sinody; pl. (corruptly) 5 sinoges, 6 sinages.
[ad. med.L. *synodium, f. synodus synod. With the form sinoges cf. med.L. corrogium for corrodium corrody.]
1. = synodal n. 2.
| 1467–73 in Calr. Proc. Chanc. Q. Eliz. (1827) I. Introd. 81 [The archdeacons] yerely have payd the seid sinoges and Peter pens..for the churches and parachyns of Bodham, Lympenhowe and Thirkeby. 1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII, c. 19 §1 Sinodies Proxies and other Proffettes. 1661 J. Stephens Procurations 99 All of them make..but one payment..known..by the name Synodale, or the Synodal payment, or..the Synody..the said Synody, or Synodal being a Pension certain, is valued in the Kings Books. |
2. = synod 1.
| a 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. V 34 b, At this Sinody [sc. the Council of Constance] were assembled (as one authore writeth) ccc xlvj bishoppes. |