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synodal

noun, adjective

synodal is spelled S-Y-N-O-D-A-L: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, synodal means “A monetary tribute formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of synodal is synodals.

How many letters and syllables are in synodal?

Letters7: S-Y-N-O-D-A-L
In writingabout once in every 21 million words; the 139,999th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is synodal?

Synodal appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Forms of synodal

  • synodals plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does synodal mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A monetary tribute formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest.

  2. 2

    A constitution made in a provincial or diocesan synod.

adjective

  1. 1

    synodic; relating to a synod

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does synodal come from?

From Middle English synodal, synodall, from Latin synodālis. By surface analysis, synod + -al.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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