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synodical |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Synodic \Syn*od"ic\, Synodical \Syn*od"ic*al\, a. [L. synodicus Gr ?: cf F. synodique.] 1. (Eccl.) Of or pertaining to a synod; transacted in or authorized by a synod; as synodical proceedings or forms. ``A synodical epistle.'' --Bp. Stillingfleet 2. (Astron.) Pertaining to conjunction, especially to the period between two successive conjunctions; extending from one conjunction, as of the moon or a planet with the sun, to the next as a synodical month (see Lunar month, under {Month}); the synodical revolution of the moon or a planet.
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