syn·od 
(sĭnəd)
(sĭnəd)n.
1. A council or an assembly of church officials or churches; an ecclesiastical council.
2. A council or an assembly.
[Middle English, from Latin synodus, from Greek sunodos, meeting, assembly : sun-, syn- + hodos, way, course.]
synod·al (sĭnə-dl) adj.
- chief of state
- chief petty officer
- chiefship
- chieftain
- chieftaincy
- chieftainess
- chieftainship
- chief warrant officer
- Ch'ien-lung
- Ch'ien-lung
- Chien-Shiung
- chiffchaff
- chiffon
- chiffonade
- chiffonier
- chifforobe
- chigger
- chignon
- chigoe
- Chihuahua
- Chihuahua
- Chikamatsu Monzaemon
- chikungunya
- chilaquiles
- chilblain