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General Synod
The General Synod is the title of the governing body of some church organizations.
Usage examples of "general synod".
He pardoned his brothers, and their names were still pronounced in the public acclamations: but on the repetition or suspicion of a similar offence, the obnoxious princes were deprived of their titles and noses, ^* in the presence of the Catholic bishops who were assembled at Constantinople in the sixth general synod.