synodalEtymologyFrom Middle English synodal, synodall, from Latin synodālis. By surface analysis, synod + -al.adjsynodic; relating to a synod“Your juſtification is but a miſerable ſhifting off thoſe teſtimonies of the ancienteſt Fathers alledg’d againſt you, and the authority of ſome Synodal Canons, which are no warrant to us.”nounA monetary tribute formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest.“synodals, paid to the Bishop of Carlisle every year”A constitution made in a provincial or diocesan synod.“Or els is thys Goddis law, Decrees or decretals, Or holy sinodals, Or els provincyals, Thus within the wals Of holy church to deale […]?”