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synodsman|ˈsɪnədzmən|
[f. synod + genitive -s + man n.1]
1. Pseudo-etymological alteration of sidesman, q.v. (sense 1), after med.L. testis synodalis lit. synodal witness, a representative of a parish attending a synod.
1680Godolphin Repert. Canon. (ed. 2) 163 margin, These Sidemen were called Testes Synodales anciently styled Synods-men, thence corruptly called now Side-men. [1857Toulmin Smith Parish 71 It was directed that four, six, or eight, should appear, together with the clergy, to represent the rest, and to be the ‘testes synodales’, that is, synodsmen.] 1908Corringham Ch. Mag. (cover), Synodsmen;—Mr. ― and Mr. ―.
2. A member of a synod in a church of the Anglican Communion, esp. a member of the General Synod of the Church of England.
1870Contemp. Rev. Sept. 190 The last function of the General Vestry is to elect parochial nominators..and synodsmen to the Diocesan Synod. 1894Ch. Times 16 Mar. 306/4 A large meeting of the lay synodsmen of Belfast. 1970Ibid. 6 Nov. 20/3 Sir John Guillum Scott..read the gospel—the familiar Beatitudes from St. Matthew containing good advice to all synodsmen. 1972Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Oct. 1261/3 Quite beyond the reach of the average synodsman or lay communicant. 1980Times 23 June 18/2 The synodsmen were concerned to see that the new Anglican Liturgy accurately reflected the contemporary face of Anglicanism. |