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Parliament vs Synod - What's the difference?

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Parliament is a related term of synod.


As a proper noun parliament

is any of several parliaments of various countries.

As a noun synod is

an ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.

parliament

English

(wikipedia parliament)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Meanings relating to a political body authorized to exercise governmental powers.
  • # An institution whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day and usually to exercise legislative powers and sometimes judicial powers.
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  • # A group of representatives of the people elected or appointed to serve as a parliament (in sense 1 above)'' for a certain period of time. In this sense the word is commonly used with an ordinal number (for example, ''first parliament'' and ''12th parliament'') or a descriptive adjective (for example, ''(Long Parliament)'', ''(Short Parliament)'' and ''(Rump Parliament) ).
  • Following the general election, Jane Doe took her oath of office as a member of the nation's fifth parliament .
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  • A collective noun for a flock of owls or rooks.
  • (historical) Parliament cake; a type of gingerbread.
  • * 1869 , RD Blackmoore, Lorna Doone , Chapter II:
    • A certain boy leaning up against me would not allow my elbow room, and struck me very sadly in the stomach part, though his own was full of my parliament .

    Derived terms

    * hung parliament * Member of Parliament * majority parliament * minority parliament * parliamental * parliamentarian * parliamentary * Polish parliament

    synod

    English

    (wikipedia synod)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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
    • It hath in solemn synods been decreed.
  • * Dryden
    • Parent of gods and men, propitious Jove! And you, bright synod of the powers above.
  • (astronomy) A conjunction of two or more of the heavenly bodies.
    • (Milton)

    Usage notes

    Usage differs between different churches – see .

    Derived terms

    * general synod * synodal * synodic

    Hypernyms

    * council

    Anagrams

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