synodicaladj.
/sɪˈnɒdɪkəl/ 1. Ecclesiastical.
a. = synodal adj. 1.
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society > faith > church government > council > [adjective] > done, made by, or proceeding from
synodalc1450
synodical1561
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. vii. §6 To the Consecration was annexed the sendyng of a Synodicall Epistle.
1612 R. Cadwallader tr. Theodoret Eccl. Hist. iv. iii. 246 A synodicall epistle concerning the faith, written by Athanasius to the Emperour Iouianus.
1618 J. Hales Let. 15 Jan. 62 in Golden Remains (1659) Their answer was that it could not stand with their Conscience to promise Obedience to all Synodicall Decrees.
1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 52 In Synodicall disputes they would hold with the Canon.
1725 D. Cotes tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 17th Cent. I. v. 69 The synodical or synodal Letters, are those which are wrote in the Name of a Synod, and which contain its Decisions or Regulations.
1820 J. Milner Suppl. Mem. Eng. Catholics 153 The synodical decision of the Irish Bishops.
1876 Prayer Bk. Interleaved 23 Whether or no Edward's First Prayer-book received synodical sanction is a disputed point.
b. = synodal adj. 3.
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society > faith > church government > council > [adjective]
synodical1565
synodal1579
conciliary1620
synodic1640
synodatic1661
conciliara1677
synodial1699
society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > [adjective] > visitation by
synodical1565
synodal1579
1565 J. Calfhill Aunswere Treat. Crosse f. 70 The great vertue & profound knowledge of those Synodicall men.
1656 Ussher (title) The Reduction of Episcopacie Vnto the Form of Synodical Government Received in the Antient Church.
1736 S. Chandler Hist. Persecution 108 He was resolved to have his will, and add synodical authority to his own words and opinions.
1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. xi. 176 The presbyterian discipline and synodical government were very partially introduced.
1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. II. 320 Both parties, the Arians as well as the Orthodox,..resorted to synodical majorities.
c. = synodal adj. 2a, 2b.
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society > faith > church government > council > [adjective] > of the nature of
synodal1530
synodical1593
1593 R. Bancroft Daungerous Positions iii. xiii. 110 The Articles of the holy Discipline and Synodicall [sic], must alwaies be read [in the synod].
1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 93 That Synodicall court.
1643 Ord. Lords & Comm., Westm. Confess. (1658) 202 Assemblies, which are Congregational, Classical, and Synodical.
1661 Reg. Privy Council Scott. 3rd Ser. I. 29 The assemblieing of ministers in their severall synodicall meittings.
a1679 J. Ward Diary (1839) 161 Mr. Leigh, the synodical commentator.
2. Astronomy. Pertaining to the conjunction of two heavenly bodies (see conjunction n. 3); said esp. of the revolution, or period of revolution, of a planet between two successive conjunctions with the sun, or of a satellite between two successive conjunctions with (or occultations or eclipses by) its primary planet. synodic month, the synodic period of the moon, i.e. the time from new moon to new moon; a lunar month, lunation. (Opposed to sidereal.)
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the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > [noun] > lunar month
monthOE
lunation1398
moon1487
month of consecution in Astr1561
lunar month1594
lunary month1602
periodical month1603
month of progression1615
synodic month1669
the world > the universe > planet > position of planet > aspect > [adjective] > conjunction
partile1610
synodic1654
conjunctional1665
synodical1669
syzygiacal1672
conjoined1815
syzygial1863
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. vi. 95 So twenty nine and half [days] in all, Do make a Month Synodical [printed Synonidal].
1696 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth ii. 139 The Annual Motion in the Circular Orbit before the Deluge, so nicely equal to..twelve Synodical Revolutions of the Moon.
1762 Philos. Trans. 1761 (Royal Soc.) 52 106 The second satellite has a synodical equation of 16′ or 17′ in time, to be subtracted.
1784 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 74 242 By which means the sidereal is reduced to a proper synodical period.
1788 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 78 365 The first satellite performs a synodical revolution round its primary planet in 8 days 17 hours 1 minute and 19·3 seconds.
1812 R. Woodhouse Elem. Treat. Astron. xxviii. 276 The time between conjunction and conjunction, or between opposition and opposition, is denominated, a Synodical period.
1868 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. §244. 102 Nineteen synodical revolutions of the node..are equal to 223 synodical revolutions of the moon.
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