a. and sb. Also 5–7 synodall, sinodall, 6 sinodal, -alle, synodalle, -ole, 7 synodale, -ol. [ad. late L. synodālis, f. synodus SYNOD: see -AL. Cf. F. synodal (from 14th c.).]
A. adj. 1. Done or made by, or proceeding from a synod († or general council).
c. 1450. Godstow Reg., 683. Legatinis of Othon and Octobon and Synodall and other constitucions.
1528. More, Dyaloge, IV. Wks. 252/1. It is a law synodall made in the vi Sinode.
1533–4. Act 25 Hen. VIII., c. 19 § 1. Constitucions ordynance and canons provynciall or Synodall.
1544. Bale, Chron. Sir J. Oldcastle, 44. The synodall actes of Bysshoppes in theyr dyoceses.
1641. Milton, Reform., I. Wks. 1851, III. 15. The whole generall Councel of Nicæa … determines writing a Synodal Epist[le] to the African Churches to warn them of Arrianisme.
1674. Hickman, Quinquart. Hist. (ed. 2), 107. His subscriptions to the Synodal Determinations.
1756–9. A. Butler, Lives Saints, St. Tarasius (25 Feb.). He was no sooner installed [as patriarch], but he sent his synodal letters to pope Adrian.
1853. S. Wilberforce, in R. G. Wilberforce, Life (1881), II. v. 183. The subjects of inquiry … touching the synodal action of the Church.
1865. Pusey, Truth Engl. Ch., 89. The Synodal decrees of the Council of 214 Bishops at Carthage.
2. Of the nature of or constituted as a synod.
1530–1. Act 22 Hen. VIII., c. 15 § 13. The Clergy of the provynce of Canturbury in theire Synodall Convocacion.
1572. in 6th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm., 636/2. The synodall convention halden at Sanct Andros … be the haill ministerie the barones, gentelmen and elders of kirkis within Fyf.
1578. Second Bk. Discipl. Ch. Scot., xii. (1621), 89. Concerning Provinciall and Synodall Assemblies…, how many and in what places they were to be holden.
1647. Jus Div. Regim. Eccl., title-p., The Presbyteriall Government, by Preaching and Ruling Presbyters, in Congregationall, Classicall, and Synodall Assemblies.
1687. Reply to Reasons Oxford Clergy agst. Addressing, 15. A Synodal Convocation.
1880. McCarthy, Own Times, lviii. The Irish bishops were to lose their seats in the House of Lords. A synodal, or governing body, was to be elected from the clergy and laity of the Church.
† b. transf. Connected with or related to church government by synodal assemblies, presbyterian.
1600. W. Watson, Decacordon (1602), 94. Cartwrights and Bruses pure synodall ministery.
1640. Sir E. Dering, Sp. on Relig., 14 Dec. v. 15. You will en-live the same men to bee now Synodall, who were before but Convocationall.
3. Of, belonging to, or connected with, having or characterized by, a synod or visitation.
Synodal book (eccl. L. liber synodalis): see B. 4. Synodal payment, rent = B. 2.
1579. Fulke, Confut. Sanders, 687. Charles the King of Fraunce sent a synodall booke into Britane.
a. 1648. Ld. Herbert, Hen. VIII. (1649), 141. That Synodall Judges, going to poore Towns and Villages…, draw Annuall Tribute thence, or Excommunicate them, when they cannot pay.
1661. Synodal payment [see SYNODY 1].
1695. Kennett, Par. Antiq., ix. 649. We find these Synodal witnesses were afterward a sort of impanell’d Jury.
1758. Jortin, Erasmus, I. 291. Points of Doctrine to be determined by Synodal Authority.
1779. (title) A Synodal Charge Delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Abo … by … F. Mennander … Translated from the … Swedish by … L. T. Nyberg.
1876. Grant, Burgh Sch. Scot., I. i. 4. Free and quit from all custom, synodal rent, aids, lodgings and conreds.
1910. Soc. Antiq., Old Sarum Excavation Fund, 6. On synodal and ordination and other solemn days.
B. sb. 1. A synodal decision, constitution, or decree. Obs. exc. Hist.
1485. Caxton, Chas. Gt., 228. He ordeyned bysshops … & made constytucyons, synodals, and other ordynaunces.
a. 1529. Skelton, Ware the Hauke, 132. Decrees or decretals, Or holy sinodals.
1660. Heylin, Hist. Quinquart., To Rdr. I have consulted … the Confessions, the Synodals, and other publick Monuments, and Records of the several parties.
1765. Blackstone, Comm., I. Introd. iii. 83. All canons, constitutions, ordinances, and synodals provincial.
† b. pl. Probably, offices or prayers to be used for festa synodalia or festivals appointed to be observed by a diocesan synod. Obs.
The explanation that it refers to the public recital of synodal or provincial constitutions is given by Sparrow in his Rationale (1672), R vij b, and is repeated in Nichols, On Bk. Com. Prayer (1710), B j/2; Wheatly, Of Bk. Com. Prayer (1720), iii. § 10. 142, note; Blunt, Annot. Bk. C. P. (1866), 16, note.
1548–9. (Mar.) Bk. Com. Prayer, Pref. Vaine repeticions, Commemoracions, and Synodalles.
2. A payment made by the inferior clergy to the bishop, properly on the occasion of a synod, and hence at an episcopal or archidiaconal visitation.
1534. Lincoln Diocese Documents, 177. The sayd person, and his successours … shall susteyne … all proxis and Sinodalles, all dismes and all subsides [etc.].
c. 1550. Disc. Common Weal Eng., iii. (1893), 136. Wheare be theise Synodes nowe kepte? yet they receiue euery yeare theire Synodalles of the poore priestes.
1661. [see SYNODY 1].
1667. Answ. West to North, 9. At Easter Visitation the Ministers pay their Pascal Rents, or Synodals.
a. 1679. J. Ward, Diary (1839), 152. There is a minister in Northamptonshire … that will not pay the archdeacon synodols, but will pay procurations.
1779. Rudder, Gloucestersh., 723. Swell (Upper)…. First fruits £7 0 0. Tenths £0 14 0. Procurations £0 6 8. Synodals £0 1 0.
1904. Daily News, 22 March, 3. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are continuing steadily their work of giving all the Archdeacons a fixed income of £200 a year, instead of a portion being derived from procurations, synodals, visitation or induction fees.
† 3. A synodal assembly, a synod. Obs.
1573. Reg. Privy Council Scot., II. 230. Be ordinance of the haill ministeris within Fyff and gentilmen convenit at thair synodall haldin at Sanctandrois.
1596. in Maitl. Club Misc., I. 83. Referris the mater … to the said nixt synodall.
4. A synodal book (see quot., and cf. A. 3).
1844. Lingard, Anglo-Saxon Ch. (1845), II. xiv. 339. The new prelate left Rome … taking with him … a synodal containing instructions for his personal conduct. Note, The synodal was so called, because it was read in the synod … in which the new bishop was … installed in his church.
Hence † Synodalian a. = SYNODAL a. 2 b, 3; Synodalist, a member of a synodal assembly; Synodally adv. [cf. med.L. synodaliter, F. synodalement], by the action or authority of a synod.
1668. Persec. Ref. Ch. in France, 20. Not admitting to the Lords Supper flagitious persons, Synodally suspended for their scandalous lives.
1702. C. Mather, Magn. Chr., IV. iv. 182/2. The Reverend Charles Chancey … at the time of the Synod,… opposed the Synodalian Principles.
1902. Contemp. Rev., June, 895. It had been decided that all the Synodalists should oppose such an institution.
