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Syndic vs Synodic - What's the difference?

syndic | synodic |

As a noun syndic

is a government official, a magistrate, especially one of the chief magistrates of geneva.

As an adjective synodic is

of, related to or produced by a synod; synodal.

syndic

English

Alternative forms

* syndick (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A government official, a magistrate, especially one of the Chief Magistrates of Geneva.
  • * 1923 , The Thousand Nights and One Night , translated by Powys Mathers:
    • ‘To-morrow, after the midday prayer, mount an ass and make for the Habb?n?yah quarter and there enquire for the house of the syndic Barakah, known as Ab? Sh?mah.’
  • (legal) An agent of a corporation, or of any body of people engaged in a business enterprise; an advocate or patron; an assignee.
    • In France, syndics are appointed by the creditors of a bankrupt to manage the property.
    The University of Cambridge has its syndics , who are chosen from the senate to transact special business, such as the regulation of fees, the framing of laws, etc.
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    synodic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of, related to or produced by a synod; synodal
    • A synodical epistle — Bishop Stillingfleet.
  • (astronomy) Of or pertaining to the conjunction of two or more heavenly bodies
    • a synodical month
    the synodical revolution of the moon or a planet