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synodic, a.|sɪˈnɒdɪk| [ad. late L. synodicus, a. late Gr. συνοδικός (both in sense 2), f. σύνοδος synod.] 1. Eccl. = synodal a.
1640R. Baillie Canterb. Self-convict. Postscr. 16 When the Assemblie of Glasgow had passed this tryall upon them according to our desire, we embraced the Synodick Sentence. 1659Pearson Creed ii. 282 note, They charge all those to whom they write that Synodic Epistle, that they should be satisfied with such expressions as they found in the Scriptures. 1835I. Taylor Spir. Despot. v. 210 The synodic system..is..named as a principal cause..of the Spiritual Despotism which..grasped the Christian world. 2. Astron. = next, 2.
1654T. Whalley in Ussher's Lett. (1686) 603 A Mean Synodick Month. 1694W. Holder On Time i. 11 The Synodic Revolution of the Moon, by which the Month is measured. 1788Phil. Trans. LXXVIII. 419 The lunar month, or mean synodic revolution,..consists of 29 days, 12 hours, and 792 scruples or parts in 1080; and the year of 354 days, 8 hours, and 864 scruples. 1834M. Somerville Connex. Phys. Sci. v. 29 The synodic motions of the satellites. 1875Tait in Gd. Words 238 This is the sidereal period of the moon's revolution; not the synodic period, as the time from new moon to new moon is called. |