синклит

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Phonologically adapted borrowing of Ancient Greek σύγκλητος (súnklētos), displacing earlier сигкли́т (sigklít).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʲɪnˈklʲit]

Noun

синкли́т • (sinklít) m inan (genitive синкли́та, nominative plural синкли́ты, genitive plural синкли́тов)

  1. (historical) synclite (specially summoned council or assembly of elders in classical Greece)
  2. (historical) synclite (senate in the context of the Byzantine Empire, or one of the states in its sphere of influence which adopted similar institutions)
  3. (Eastern Orthodoxy) synod
    Synonym: сино́д (sinód)
  4. (colloquial, dated) meeting; gathering

Declension

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