# die Synode

die Synode is a German noun meaning “synod”. Forms: der Synode, die Synoden.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Synode
- Plural: die Synoden

## In other languages

- Русский: церк. синод

## Meanings

1. synod (congress of elected representatives who may be clerics or laypeople)
2. _archaic_ synonym of Konzil (“congress of bishops that decides bindingly on important issues”)
3. synod; ecclesiastical council
   - Die Synode von Sis besiegelte 1307 die Vereinigung der armenischen mit der römisch-katholischen Kirche.

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