synaxis

[ si-nak-sis ]

/ sɪˈnæk sɪs /

noun, plural syn·ax·es [si-nak-seez] /sɪˈnæk siz/.

an assembly for religious worship, especially for the celebration of the Eucharist.

Nearby words

synarthrosis, synastry, synaxarion, synaxarium, synaxary, synaxis, sync, sync-generator, syncanthus, syncarp, syncarpous

Origin of synaxis

1615–25; < Late Latin < Medieval Greek sýnaxis, equivalent to synág(ein) to meet together (see synagogue) + -sis -sis

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