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syˈnodically, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
1. By the action or authority of a synod; synodally.
a1604Hanmer Chron. Irel. (1633) 125 But I may not so leave my Prelates, they synodically decreed as followeth [etc.]. 1618Hales Gold. Rem. ii. (1673) 25 Which sentence passed by the major part of Voices, and was Synodically concluded. 1703W. Wake State of Ch. 507 To be observ'd..within the Province..of York too, who had not yet Synodically Agreed to it. 1841Bp. Blomfield Let. in A. Blomfield Mem. (1863) II. i. 21 There is no intention of passing any episcopal sentence upon Mr. Newman's Tract: that is to say, the Bishops will not do so synodically.
2. In synod, as a synod.
a1617Bayne Diocesan's Tryall (1621) 4 If they might meete Synodically. 1687J. Kirkwood Let. Boyle B.'s Wks. 1772 I. p. cxciii, The bishop of Ross, with the clergy of his diocese synodically assembled. 1850S. Wilberforce in R. G. Wilberforce Life (1881) II. ii. 63 The Bishop and clergy of this diocese synodically gathered in this our cathedral city of Oxford. |