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synodite|ˈsɪnədaɪt|
[ad. late L. synodīta cœnobite, or late Gr. συνοδίτης (in all three senses), f. σύν syn-1 + ὁδίτης traveller (f. ὁδός journey) or f. σύνοδος synod: see -ite1.]
†1. A fellow-traveller, travelling companion. Obs.
1654H. L'Estrange Chas. I (1655) 16 His Councel were his Synodites, and went along with him. 1659― Alliance Div. Off. 265 Those women, which the Apostles made their synodites and companions in their journeys.
2. (See quot.) Hist. rare—0.
1862Chambers' Encycl., Cœnobites..or Synodites, the name given to those monks who live together, in contradistinction to the Anchorites or hermits.
3. An adherent of a synod; used disparagingly of those who accepted the decrees of the Council of Chalcedon. Hist. rare—1.
1846Newman Developm. Chr. Doctr. (1878) 313 They disowned the authority of the Council, and called its adherents Chalcedonians, and Synodites. |