holy synod

noun

, Eastern Church.

the governing council of an autocephalous church, composed of bishops and presided over by the patriarch or another prelate.

holy synod

First recorded in 1760–70

The Holy Synod consisted of bishops and a Procurator-general who represented the czar and as such could veto any resolution.

He, as well as his people, is subject in religious matters to the ecclesiastical authority of the Holy Synod.

The Holy Synod is made up of metropolitans, archbishops, a procurator-general and secretaries.

He would only receive five delegates, who read their document in a plenary sitting of the Holy Synod.

In the house of the Holy Synod are thirty silver vessels containing the holy oil used in baptising all the children in Russia.

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