synodal

synodal noun: a monetary tribute formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest.

Noun

synodal (plural synodals)

A monetary tribute formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest.
- synodals, paid to the Bishop of Carlisle every year1887, Thomas Gibson, Legends and Historical Notes on Places of North Westmoreland
A constitution made in a provincial or diocesan synod.
- Or els is thys Goddis law,
  Decrees or decretals,
  Or holy sinodals,
  Or els provincyals,
  Thus within the wals
  Of holy church to deale […]?c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 65, lines 130–135

synodal (not comparable)

synodic; relating to a synod
- Your juſtification is but a miſerable ſhifting off thoſe teſtimonies of the ancienteſt Fathers alledg’d againſt you, and the authority of ſome Synodal Canons, which are no warrant to us.1641, [John Milton], Animadversions upon the Remonstrants Defence against Smectymnuus, London: […] [Richard Oulton and Gregory Dexter] for Thomas Vnderhill, […], →OCLC, page 17

plural	synodals

From Middle English synodal, synodall, from Latin synodālis. By surface analysis, synod + -al.

What does synodal mean?: Synodal means a monetary tribute formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest.
What part of speech is synodal?: Synodal can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of synodal?: The plural of synodal is synodals.

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