Congress vs Synod - What's the difference?
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(archaic) A coming-together of two or more people; a meeting.
*, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.48:
A formal gathering or assembly; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question.
(often capitalized: Congress ) A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America.
An association, especially one consisting of other associations or representatives of interest groups.
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An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.
An administrative division of churches, either the entire denomination, as in the , or a mid-level division ((middle judicatory), district) as in the (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)
An assembly or council having civil authority; a legislative body.
* Shakespeare
* Dryden
(astronomy) A conjunction of two or more of the heavenly bodies.
Congress is a related term of synod.
As a proper noun congress
is the two legislative bodies of the united states: the house of representatives, and the senate.As a noun synod is
an ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.congress
English
Noun
(es)- After some little repast, he went to see Democritus […]. The multitude stood gazing round about to see the congress .
- The National Congress of American Indians
Synonyms
* (legislative body) assembly, legislature, parliament * (association) federationDerived terms
* congressional, congressionally * congressman * congress gaiter, congress shoe * Congress Partysynod
English
(wikipedia synod)Noun
(en noun)- It hath in solemn synods been decreed.
- Parent of gods and men, propitious Jove! And you, bright synod of the powers above.
- (Milton)