different between easter vs synodal

English

Etymology

Old English eastera, eastra. Compare norther, souther, wester.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?i?.st?/

Adjective

easter (comparative more easter, superlative most easter)

1. (now regional) Eastern. [from 8th c.]
   • 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford 2010, p. 57:

     In the mean while, as our apartment was a corner one, and looked both east and north, I ran to the easter casement to look after Drummond.

Derived terms

• easterly
• Easter Ross

Related terms

• wester

References

• “easter” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Anagrams

• Teresa, aretes, arsete, arêtes, asteer, earset, eaters, ratees, reseat, saeter, seater, staree, teares, teaser

English

Etymology

synod +? -al

Noun

synodal (plural synodals)

1. A tribute in money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest, now made to the ecclesiastical commissioners; a procuration.
   • 1887, Thomas Gibson, Legends and Historical Notes on Places of North Westmoreland

     synodals, paid to the Bishop of Carlisle every year

2. A constitution made in a provincial or diocesan synod.

Adjective

synodal (not comparable)

1. synodic; relating to a synod

French

Etymology

From Latin synodalis, from Ancient Greek (synodos) 'gathering'; cognate with Dutch synodaal, German synodal etc.

Adjective

synodal (feminine singular synodale, masculine plural synodaux, feminine plural synodales)

1. synodic, pertaining to a synod, notably in ecclesiastic context

Related terms

• synode m
• synodique

Further reading

• “synodal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Etymology

From Late Latin synod?lis, from synodus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (súnodos, “assembly, meeting”). Cognate with English synodal, Dutch synodaal, French synodal.

Pronunciation

Adjective

synodal

1. synodic, relating to a synod, notably in ecclesiastic context

Related terms

• Synode

Further reading

• “synodal” in Duden online