synodal

American  

[sin-uhd-uhl] / ˈsɪn əd əl /

adjective

1. relating to, issued by, or having the character of a church synod.

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Other Word Forms

• synodality
  noun
• post-synodal
  adjective
• pre-synodal
  adjective
• synodally
  adverb

Example Sentences

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synodal

Earlier this month, the pope — in remarks to the faithful — linked the path to the unity of all Christians to the church’s synodal process.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2023

They wrote letters, spoke in synodal listening sessions with archdiocese leaders and begged the cardinal to visit their church to see for himself the importance of the Latin Mass to their community.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 24, 2022

"The courageous dialogue called for by the synodal process must include open conversation about women's ordination," WOC said in a Tweet welcoming the inclusion of its material on the synod website.

From Reuters ● Jan. 20, 2022

The pope also intends to proceed in a synodal way: the word synod derives from the union of two Greekwords, syn, “together,” and odòs, “journey.”

From Time ● Oct. 13, 2014

His Excellency also deprived them of the title of synodal examiners in all his archbishopric.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 25 of 55 1635-36 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by James Alexander Robertson