different between synaxid vs synaxis

English

Noun

synaxid (plural synaxids)

1. (zoology) Any furry lobster in the family Synaxidae, a synonym for the Palinuridae.

English

Etymology

Latin, from Ancient Greek ??????? (súnaxis, “gathering”), from ?????? (sunág?, “I gather”). See synagogue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??næks?s/

Noun

synaxis (plural synaxes)

1. A congregation.
   • 1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience

     Thus we find the bishops in the primitive church indicting of fasts , proclaiming assemblies , calling synods , gathering synaxes

2. (obsolete) The Lord's Supper.
3. A day following a Great Feast in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches, on which a person related to the events is remembered. For example, the Synaxis of John the Baptist follows the Theophany (Baptism of Christ), the Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel follows the Annunciation, and the Synaxis of the Theokotos follows Christmas Day.

Latin

Noun

synaxis f (genitive synaxis); third declension

1. assembly
2. (holy) communion, Eucharist

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

Quotations

• 9na Octobris [1831] — Fridolin Studer doliarius. / Breitenbach. ¶ Vitæ temporalis finem fecit Fridolinus Studer fil[ius]. Josephi et Ursulæ Jeger maritus M[ariae]. Annæ Hengi catholico ritu provisus et durante morbo sæpius s[ancta]. synaxi refectus 24ta Januarii 1782 natus adeoque an?orum 49 c[um]. 10 mens[ibus]. ex hydropisi.

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