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▪ I. syndic, n.|ˈsɪndɪk|
Also 7 sin-, syndique, (sin-, syndict), sindicke, syndike, 7–8 sin-, syndick, 7–9 sindic, (8 syndac); also in L. form, 7 sin-, syndicus.
[ad. F. syndic, † -ique (14th c.), delegated representative, chief magistrate of Geneva, † critic, censor, = Pr. sendegue, It. sindaco controller, syndic, Sp. sindico syndic, recorder, assignee, Pg. syndico deputy, delegate, ad. late L. syndicus advocate or delegate representing a town, a. Gr. σύνδικος defendant's advocate, f. σύν syn-1 + δίκη judgement.]
1. An officer of government having different powers in different countries; a civil magistrate, or one of several such, entrusted with the affairs of a city or community; spec. each of four chief magistrates of Geneva.
1601R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. (1603) 88 The towne [sc. Geneva] is gouerned by a counsell of two hundred,..out of which is chosen an other counsel, composed of fiue and twentie, and out of these fower especiall men, called Sindiques, who haue the managing of the whole commonwealth. 1654Whitelocke Jrnl. Swed. Emb. (1772) I. 142 The three presidents, who are the principal magistrates of the town, with the syndick, who is in nature of recorder. a1700Evelyn Diary 16 Oct. 1644, We got to anker under the Pharos..at the mouth of the Mole of Genoa... Towards evening we..came on shore..where after strict examination by the Syndics, we [etc.]. 1717Berkeley Tour Italy Wks. 1871 IV. 577 In Furia they have a syndic for supreme magistrate. 1753Hanway Trav. (1762) II. i. iii. 15 There are also four sindics, or lawyers, who act as secretaries of the state [at Hamburg]. 1792A. Young Trav. France I. 88 Turned aside to Auvergnac, the seat of the count de la Bourdonaye, to whom I had a letter..as a person able to give me every species of intelligence relative to Bretagne, having for five-and-twenty years been first syndac of the noblesse. 1812Brackenridge Views Louisiana (1814) 138 Each district had its commandant, or syndic. These were the judges in civil matters.. and had also command of the militia. 1882‘Ouida’ Maremma I. 18 The little band halted..in the midst of the cathedral square while the captain bade farewell to the syndic of the town.
2. One deputed to represent, and transact the affairs of, a corporation, e.g. a university; spec. in the University of Cambridge, applied to members of special committees of the senate, appointed by grace for specific duties.
1607T. Ridley View Civ. & Eccles. Law 4 What is the office of a Procurator, Solicitor, or Sindict, or Factor? 1612Donne Let. to Sir H. Goodere 9 Apr., A Book written against the Popes jurisdiction..by one Richer, a Dr. and Syndique of the Sorbonists. 1662Grace Senate Univ. Camb. 22 July in Kennett Register (1728) I. 733 May it please you, that Dr. Gunning and Dr. Pearson may be your legal Syndicks..to treat and conclude with the said Archbishop. 1726Ayliffe Parergon 427 As a Proctor has the Management of the Business of particular Individuals; so a Syndick manages the Affairs of aggregate Corporations. 1777Phil. Trans. LXVII. 408 Mr. Leyser, syndic of the mines was..at the top of the pit. 1814Monthly Mag. Apr. 293/1 The [printing] machine has been exhibited to the Syndics of the press at Cambridge. 1818Ranken Hist. France iv. iv. IV. 324 The syndic was the general procurator or agent of the university. 1821C. Butler Hist. Mem. Engl. Catholics lv. §2. IV. 13 The greater canons constituted the chapter..with..an officer called a sindic to transact their temporal concerns. 1867Chambers' Encycl. IX. 255/2 The various trading companies in Paris and the university had also their syndics. 1906W. Walker John Calvin i. 11 The Sorbonne, under the lead of its syndic, Noël Béda, condemned his views in April, 1521.
†3. A censor of the actions of another. Obs.
1611Cotgr., Syndic, a Sindicke, Censor, Controller of manners. 1617Sir D. Carleton Lett. (1775) 208 To make them sensible..of the wrong..in playing the syndic of the actions of so great a prince. 1638Drummond of Hawthornden Irene Wks. (1711) 165 It is not lawful for a subject to be a syndick of the actions of his prince. 1658Phillips.
4. Gr. Hist. The title of various officials at Athens and elsewhere (see quots. and Smith's Dict. Gr. and Rom. Antiq.).
1682Wheler Journ. Greece v. 391 Let the Commons chuse Syndicts, that all things which are done against evil doers, may be executed without Reproof. 1745Pococke Descr. East II. ii. iii. xiv. 179 They have two or three Greek syndics on the part of the people, to take care that the antient laws of the island [sc. Cephalenia] are observed. 1808Mitford Hist. Greece v. §4. I. 281 The new law being prepared by this numerous committee, five officers, called Syndics, were appointed to defend the old before the assembly; which then decided between the two.
5. (See quots.) rare—0.
1728Chambers Cycl. [from Dict. de Trévoux], Syndic..a Person appointed to solicit some common Affair, wherein he himself has a Share; as happens particularly among several Creditors of the same Debtor, who fails. 1846Worcester, Syndic..(French law) an assignee. 1847–54Webster s.v., As in France, syndics are appointed by the creditors of a bankrupt to manage the property.
Hence ˈsyndicship = syndicate n. 1.
1706Phillips, Syndicate or Syndickship.
▪ II. † syndic, v. Obs. rare—1.
[ad. F. syndiquer to criticize, censure, = It. sindacare to look over accounts, censure, Sp. sindicar to accuse, ad. med.L. syndicāre to examine, f. syndicus syndic.]
trans. = syndicate v. 1: cf. prec. 3.
1609Daniel Civ. Wars iii. xc, They, who tooke to Syndicque in this sorte The Actions of a Monarch. |