Both Uses of
synod
in
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
- Those, however, of our congregation, who considered themselves as orthodox Presbyterians, disapprov'd his doctrine, and were join'd by most of the old clergy, who arraign'd him of heterodoxy before the synod, in order to have him silenc'd.†
- This detection gave many of our party disgust, who accordingly abandoned his cause, and occasion'd our more speedy discomfiture in the synod.†
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Definition:
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(synod) a meeting of church members to discuss religious matters of business