convening vs synod

convening

noun
  • An assembly; a meeting. 

synod

noun
  • An assembly or council having civil authority; a legislative body. 

  • A conjunction of two or more of the heavenly bodies. 

  • An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters. 

  • An administrative division of churches, either the entire denomination, as in the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, or a mid-level division (middle judicatory, district) as in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 

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