General Synod

British  

noun

1. the governing body, under Parliament, of the Church of England, made up of the bishops and elected clerical and lay representatives

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Example Sentences

Ian Paul, a conservative theologian and a member of the General Synod, denies that this amounted to "strong-arm tactics".

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There are elections to the Church's General Synod during her first year in office, and it is already clear this issue will dominate the campaign.

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"I would've loved to be able to wave a magic wand and get it all right, or as I saw it right," he said, but he wouldn't have been able to get the votes required for the Church's governing body, the General Synod, to approve more sweeping changes.

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Last month, the General Synod - the Church's governing body - rejected a proposal that would have made safeguarding fully independent, which proponents say would increase accountability but critics say would delay reform.

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The Bishop of Stepney, Dr Joanne Grenfell, who is lead bishop for safeguarding, had put forward a motion to the General Synod for all Church-employed safeguarding officers to be transferred to a new independent body.

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