different between syndic vs synodic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French syndic (“delegated representative; a chief magistrate of Geneva; a censor; critic (obsolete)”), from Late Latin syndicus (“representative of a corporation or town, syndic”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (súndikos, “advocate of a defendant”), from ???- (sun-, prefix meaning ‘together, with’) + ????? (dík?, “law, order; right; judgment; justice; lawsuit; trial”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dey?- (“to point out”)) + -?? (-os, suffix forming nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?s?nd?k/
• Rhymes: -?nd?k
• Hyphenation: syn?dic

Noun

syndic (plural syndics)

1. (government) A government official having different duties depending on the country; also, a magistrate, especially one of the Chief Magistrates of Geneva, Switzerland.
   • 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.’

2. (chiefly Britain) An agent of a corporation, or of any body of people engaged in a business enterprise; specifically, in the University of Cambridge, a member of the senate appointed to carry out specific duties.

Alternative forms

• syndick (obsolete)

Derived terms

• syndicship

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See also

• Thesaurus:official

Notes

References

French

Etymology

From Late Latin syndicus (“representative of a corporation or town, syndic”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (súndikos, “advocate of a defendant”), from ???- (sun-, prefix meaning ‘together, with’) + ????? (dík?, “law, order; right; judgment; justice; lawsuit; trial”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dey?- (“to point out”)) + -?? (-os, suffix forming nouns).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??.dik/

Noun

syndic m (plural syndics, feminine syndique)

1. a syndic

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

Latin synodicus, Ancient Greek ????????? (sunodikós, “of or related to an assembly or meeting”). Equivalent to synod +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??n?d?k/

Adjective

synodic (not comparable)

1. of, related to or produced by a synod; synodal
   • 1664, Edward Stillingfleet, A Rational Account of the Grounds of Protestant Religion

     a synodical epistle

2. (astronomy) Of or pertaining to the conjunction of two or more heavenly bodies

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