synod
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Pastor Marlin, 57, said the Protestant synod also helps in cases of violence against women and children "if the victims speak up".
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
The synod was expected to vote on models proposed by both Prof Alexis Jay - who previously chaired the national Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse - and barrister Sarah Wilkinson.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2025
Advocates for greater roles for women in the Church had hoped the synod might call for women to serve as deacons.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2024
The synod aims to make the church more inclusive and reflective of and responsive to the needs of rank-and-file Catholics.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2023
This latter practice was ineradicable, however, and twenty years later another synod was compelled to repeat the command.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea
Vocabulary lists containing synod
World Religions
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"The Tragedy of Hamlet," Vocabulary from Act 2
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