holy synod
the governing council of an autocephalous church, composed of bishops and presided over by the patriarch or another prelate.
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The holy synod consisted of bishops and a Procurator-general who represented the czar and as such could veto any resolution.
The Story of Russia | R. Van Bergen, M.A.He, as well as his people, is subject in religious matters to the ecclesiastical authority of the holy synod.
Artist and Model | Ren de Pont-JestThe holy synod is made up of metropolitans, archbishops, a procurator-general and secretaries.
Artist and Model | Ren de Pont-JestHe would only receive five delegates, who read their document in a plenary sitting of the holy synod.
The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 | Henry BaerleinIn the house of the holy synod are thirty silver vessels containing the holy oil used in baptising all the children in Russia.
A Journey in Russia in 1858 | Robert Heywood
British Dictionary definitions for holy synod
the governing body of any of the Orthodox Churches
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