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σύνοδος — meaning in English

synodos

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English meaning

  • Assembly noun A group of people gathered together for a shared purpose, such as a meeting or ceremony.
  • chaperone noun An adult who accompanies and supervises younger people at a social event, to make sure things stay appropriate.
  • conjunction noun A word that connects other words, phrases, or clauses, such as "and", "but", or "because".
  • diet noun The food and drink a person or animal regularly consumes.
  • escort noun A person or group accompanying someone to protect or guide them.
  • session noun A period of time set aside for a particular activity, such as a meeting, class, or performance.
  • summit noun The highest point of a mountain or hill.
  • synod noun A formal council or meeting of church leaders held to decide on religious matters.
  • valet noun A personal attendant who looks after someone's clothes and general appearance.

Senses

σύνοδος is used for these senses in English:

  • assembly (politics) A legislative body.
  • chaperone An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.
  • conjunction (grammar) A word used to join other words, phrases, or clauses together into sentences. (The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related semantically.)
  • conjunction (astronomy) The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth.
  • diet (usually capitalized as a proper noun) A council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly.
  • session An official meeting or term of a council, court, or other body to conduct its business; e.g. the annual or semiannual periods of a legislature (that together comprise the legislative term), whose individual meetings are also called sessions.
  • summit (by extension) An assembly or gathering of the leaders of countries to discuss issues of international significance; also (loosely) , an important or high-level gathering or meeting.
  • synod (Christianity) An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.

Assembly — full definition

  1. noun A group of people gathered together for a shared purpose, such as a meeting or ceremony.
  2. noun The process of fitting parts together to build something, or the finished product of that process.
  3. noun A formal legislative body, especially the lower house in some US state governments.

chaperone — full definition

  1. noun An adult who accompanies and supervises younger people at a social event, to make sure things stay appropriate.
  2. noun In biology, a protein that helps other molecules fold correctly without becoming part of the final structure itself.
  3. verb To supervise and accompany someone, typically at an event.
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