Hypertext Webster Gateway: "synodical"
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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