How to Use synod in a Sentence

synod

noun
  • Will the synod lead to big changes, like women or married priests?
    — Peter Weber, The Week, 11 Oct. 2022
  • In wake of priest abuse scandal, historic synod seeks input from all corners of the globe.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Oct. 2021
  • The German bishops voted to move forward with the synod anyway.
    — Tim Busch, WSJ, 15 Apr. 2021
  • The issues raised by parishioners will likely be discussed in the open-forum portion of the synod held by Blair.
    — Amanda Blanco, courant.com, 24 Oct. 2019
  • The pope may yet employ other means to restrain the German synod’s progressive tilt.
    — Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 16 July 2021
  • But the Amazon synod's formal proposal was the first official call for it.
    — NBC News, 28 Oct. 2019
  • As arguments between the pope and his hard-line critics grow louder, the forthcoming synod is emerging as a kind of high-noon moment.
    — The Economist, 4 Oct. 2019
  • The drumbeat of discord around this synod, however, is not just coming from conservatives.
    — Delia Gallagher, CNN, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Leaders of the synod say that dealing with the crisis requires considering major changes to Catholic life.
    — Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Erickson said the synod is relying on the most recent science available to make decisions.
    — Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 June 2020
  • Leaders of the German synod acknowledge wide divergences with the global church.
    — Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 16 July 2021
  • Yet even before the Germans started their synod last year, Pope Francis was calling on them to show restraint.
    — Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 16 July 2021
  • Synodal Way is headed toward a global synod in Rome next year, where other nations may decide to follow its path.
    — Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2022
  • Gillette began writing lyrics in the late 1990s, while daydreaming in a synod seminar.
    — Kristin E. Holmes, The Seattle Times, 15 Dec. 2017
  • In the past, synods have been talkfests by churchmen who made nonbinding proposals to the pope to consider in a future document.
    — Nicole Winfield, Fox News, 18 Sep. 2018
  • The decision was a surprise given the change in the way the pope has conducted these Vatican gatherings, known as synods.
    — NBC News, 12 Feb. 2020
  • The synod’s proposals have not been universally embraced outside the region.
    — Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2019
  • In July, its members voted to keep the church open and hand its administration over to the synod, which will make decisions about its future.
    — Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • After the synod approved the measure, which would allow married priests, many Catholics expected the Pope to follow suit.
    — Daniel Burke, CNN, 12 Feb. 2020
  • The Amazon synod is the first such meeting to be organized for a specific ecological region.
    — Vincent J. Miller, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Davenport serves as the synod’s director of evangelical mission and as an assistant to the bishop.
    — Kristin E. Holmes, Philly.com, 7 May 2018
  • Another split between developed and developing countries at this month’s synod emerged in the debate over the church’s approach to gay people.
    — Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2018
  • The issue of women’s roles in the church is already on the agenda for the next two upcoming synods of bishops — the regular meetings of church leaders at the Vatican.
    — Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The Vatican invited 184 bishops and priest from the Amazon region and around the world for the special meeting known as a synod.
    — Amir Vera, CNN, 26 Oct. 2019
  • Today, a special committee has revealed the priorities for the next decade of American astronomy, like a synod giving word from on high.
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2021
  • The Church of England recently held a synod to discuss, among other issues, the place of transgender individuals in the church.
    — Jeff Cimmino, National Review, 28 July 2017
  • Most of the protesters belonged to the United Church of Christ, which is holding its general synod in Milwaukee.
    — Maria Perez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 June 2019
  • The synod signed the order to depose Formosus, and then condemned him and revoked all his appointments, so that all clerics ordained by him were forced to repeat the appointment process all over again.
    — National Geographic, 20 Aug. 2019
  • The pope did meet with the bishops on Thursday, when the conversation didn’t focus on the German synod, Bishop Bätzing said.
    — Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 19 Nov. 2022
  • On Tuesday, the Vatican released the details of the bishops’ synod, or meeting, the third in major global gatherings about the family.
    — Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 20 June 2018

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