synodsmann.
/ˈsɪnədzmən/ 1. Pseudo-etymological alteration of sidesman n. 2, after medieval Latin testis synodalis lit. synodal witness, a representative of a parish attending a synod.
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1680 J. Godolphin Repertor. Canon. (ed. 2) 163 (margin) These Sidemen were called Testes Synodales anciently styled Synods-men, thence corruptly called now Side-men.
1857 J. Toulmin Smith Parish (new ed.) 71 It was directed that four, six, or eight, should appear, together with the clergy, to represent the rest, and to be the ‘testes synodales’, that is, synodsmen.]
1908 Corringham Ch. Mag. (cover) Synodsmen;—Mr. —— and Mr. ——.
2. A member of a synod in a church of the Anglican Communion, esp. a member of the General Synod of the Church of England.
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1870 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 190 The last function of the General Vestry is to elect parochial nominators..and synodsmen to the Diocesan Synod.
1894 Church Times 16 Mar. 306/4 A large meeting of the lay synodsmen of Belfast.
1970 Church Times 6 Nov. 20/3 Sir John Guillum Scott..read the gospel—the familiar Beatitudes from St. Matthew containing good advice to all synodsmen.
1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Oct. 1261/3 Quite beyond the reach of the average synodsman or lay communicant.
1980 Times 23 June 18/2 The synodsmen were concerned to see that the new Anglican Liturgy accurately reflected the contemporary face of Anglicanism.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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