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polysynodies

polysynodies is the plural of polysynody.

Meaning of polysynody

Noun

polysynody (plural polysynodies)

  1. (historical) A form of government administered by several councils rather than individual ministers; specifically that of Regency France from 1715-1718.
    • The abbé de Saint-Pierre, for example, saw in the principle of Polysynody a framework for refashioning the polity so as to make it markedly less authoritarian than under Louis XIV.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 40

Questions about polysynodies

What is polysynodies the plural of?
Polysynodies is the plural of polysynody.

Words near polysynodies in the dictionary

  1. polysyndetic
  2. polysyndetically
  3. polysyndeton
  4. polysyndetons
  5. polysyndromic
  6. polysynodies
  7. polysynody
  8. polysynovitis
  9. polysynth
  10. polysyntheses
  11. polysynthesis

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