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Synodic

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Synodic \Syn*od"ic\, Synodical \Syn*od"ic*al\, a. [L. synodicus,
   Gr. ?: cf. F. synodique.]
   1. (Eccl.) Of or pertaining to a synod; transacted in, or
      authorized by, a synod; as, synodical proceedings or
      forms. ``A synodical epistle.'' --Bp. Stillingfleet.

   2. (Astron.) Pertaining to conjunction, especially to the
      period between two successive conjunctions; extending from
      one conjunction, as of the moon or a planet with the sun,
      to the next; as, a synodical month (see Lunar month, under
      {Month}); the synodical revolution of the moon or a
      planet.
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