synodical

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There are usually two or three synodical sessions per year, which are officially opened by the monarch.

From The Guardian • Feb. 4, 2020

He brushed up his reading technique on the minutes of synodical conferences.

From Time Magazine Archive

The period in which the moon goes through every variety of phase; that is, one synodical revolution.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

Venus is a morning star when passing from inferior to superior conjunction, and during the other half of its synodical period it is an evening star.

From The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' by Orchard, Thomas Nathaniel

The synodical letter of the council of 382 is preserved only in part in Theodoret, Hist.

From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen