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Church committee meeting, but with incense and higher stakes for your soul.
means An official assembly of church officials who gather to decide on doctrine, discipline, or governance.
from From Greek synodos, 'a coming together, meeting' — built from syn- ('together') plus hodos ('way, road'). So at its root a synod is simply people traveling the same road into one room; the word passed through Latin synodus into church use, picking up all its gravity along the way.
- etymology
- Greek for walking together, not always true
- catholic version
- bishops gather, debate doctrine, rarely rush
- orthodox churches
- use it as their main governing body
- duration
- can run for weeks, feel like years