While the words " synod " and " council " usually refer to a transitory meeting, the term " Synod of Bishops " or " Synod of the Bishops ", is also applied to a permanent body established in 1965 as an advisory body of the Pope.

Within the ELCA the term synod refers to the middle judicatory, which is referred to in some other denominations as " districts " or " dioceses ".

Thus, the term " synod " as used by the ELCA refers to middle level administrative districts in different regions of the United States ( example: Illinois Synod of the ELCA ), whereas in the case of LCMS, WELS, and ELS, " synod " refers to the entire church body.

The standing synod consists of the patriarch and four bishops appointed for a five-year term.

The third use of the term Vicar of Christ appears in the 5th century, in a synod of bishops to refer to Pope Gelasius I.

Wardens serve for a fixed term, normally one to two years, and are usually automatically members of the parish canonical committee, commonly called the " vestry ", and sometimes automatically delegates to the diocesan synod, or convention, as well.

Note that the ELS uses the term synod differently from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and is a separate denomination.

The bishop is elected to a six year term by the synod assembly which meets every year and consists of all " rostered " ministers assigned to the synod and lay representatives from each congregation.

The bishop is elected to a six year term by the synod assembly which meets every year and consists of all " rostered " ministers assigned to the synod and lay representatives from each congregation.

" Writers and documents of the Hellenistic Period explicitly use the term koinon (" common thing ") or synodos (" synod ") of the Ionians, and by anachronism apply it to the early league when they mention it.

Whether or not the so-called " fourth formula " is to be ascribed to a continuation of this synod or to a subsequent but distinct assembly of the same year, its aim is like that of the first three ; while repudiating certain Arian formulas it avoids the orthodox term " homoousios ," fiercely advocated by Athanasius and accepted by the First Council of Nicaea.

While not entirely synonymous with Anatolia, the term Asia Minor, derived from the Latin Asia Minores, refers to Asia inside the Roman Empire, versus Asia Magna, all of Asia beyond the borders.

The Latin name ' Asteraceae ' is derived from the type genus Aster, which is a Greek term, meaning " star ".

Jean-Robert Argand introduced the term " module " ' unit of measure ' in French in 1806 specifically for the complex absolute value and it was borrowed into English in 1866 as the Latin equivalent " modulus ".

The Latin synonym is " sonic ", after which the term sonics used to be a synonym for acoustics and later a branch of acoustics.

However, this ambiguity has been the source of controversy, particularly among Latin Americans, who feel that using the term solely for the United States misappropriates it.

Latin Americans also may employ the term norteamericano ( North American ), which conflates the United States, Canada and Mexico.

The intended meaning was likely the first, which would be translated as Latin causātīvus or effectīvus, but the Latin term was a translation of the second.

The term " adrenal " comes from ad-( Latin, " near ") and renes ( Latin, " kidney ").

The term " last rites " refers to administration to a dying person not only of this sacrament but also of Penance and Holy Communion, the last of which, when administered in such circumstances, is known as " Viaticum ", a word whose original meaning in Latin was " provision for the journey ".

The Latin name Aelia is the source of the Arabic term Iliyā ' ( إلياء ), an early Islamic name for Jerusalem.

There is no earlier use of the term and Adjacium is not an attested Latin word, which probably means that it is a Latinization of a word in some other language.

In law, affiliation ( from Latin ad-filiare, to adopt as a son ) is the term to describe a partnership between two or more parties.

The term Al Nesr Al Tair appeared in Al Achsasi Al Mouakket catalogue, which was translated into Latin as Vultur Volans.

Oreichalkos, the Ancient Greek translation of this term, was later adapted to the Latin aurichalcum meaning " golden copper " which became the standard term for brass.

The term ' ballroom dancing ' is derived from the word ball, which in turn originates from the Latin word ballare which means ' to dance ' ( a ballroom being a large room specially designed for such dances ).

" His term for analogy is Latin analogia.

Both terms, vasco and basque, are inherited from Latin ethnonym Vascones which in turn goes back to the Greek term οὐασκώνους ( ouaskōnous ), an ethnonym used by Strabo in his Geographica ( 23 CE, Book III ).

The term Vascuence, derived from Latin vasconĭce, has acquired negative connotations over the centuries and is not well liked amongst Basque speakers generally.

Bede wrote in Latin and never used the term and his list of kings holding imperium should be treated with caution, not least in that he overlooks kings such as Penda of Mercia, who clearly held some kind of dominance during his reign.

The name " Bohemia " derives from the Latin term for the Celtic tribe inhabiting that area, the Boii, who were called Boiohaemum in the early Middle Ages.

Increases in the number of immigrants to the United States from Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America have brought up questions about who uses the term African-American.

The term constitution comes through French from the Latin word constitutio, used for regulations and orders, such as the imperial enactments ( constitutiones principis: edicta, mandata, decreta, rescripta ).

Western Christianity is a term used to include the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church and groups historically derivative thereof, including the churches of the Anglican, Lutheran, Presbyterian, and other Protestant traditions that share common attributes that can be traced back to their medieval heritage.

" Novus Ordo ", as a term for the revised form of the Roman Rite Mass, appears in no official Church document.

" Since then, the term " ordinary form " is often used to distinguish this form of the Roman Rite of Mass from the Tridentine Mass, the 1962 edition of which Pope Benedict declared in his motu proprio to be an authorized " extraordinary form ".

He replaced with new rules those of Quattuor Abhinc Annos on use of the older form: essentially, authorization for using the 1962 form for parish Masses and those celebrated on public occasions such as a wedding is devolved from the local bishop to the priest in charge of a church, and any priest of the Latin Rite may use the 1962 Roman Missal in " Masses celebrated without the people ", a term that does not exclude attendance by other worshippers, lay or clergy.

Thus, the term Latin rite can refer either to the Latin Church or to one or more of the Latin liturgical rites, which include the majority Roman Rite, but also the Ambrosian Rite, the Mozarabic Rite, and others.

* Novus Ordo, a composite term for the post-1969 Roman Rite Mass

The term is especially appropriate to this Scottish Rite body as the Thirty-second degree is often considered the gathering together of all the previous degrees of Freemasonry.

Shennong is among the group of variously named heroic persons / deities ) who have been traditionally given credit for various inventions: these include, the hoe, plow ( both leisi style and the plowshare ), axe, digging wells, agricultural irrigation, preserving stored seeds by using boiled horse urine, the weekly farmers market, the Chinese calendar ( especially the 24 jieqi ( solar term ) divisions ), and to have refined the therapeutic understanding of taking pulse measurements, acupuncture, and moxibustion, and to have instituted the harvest thanksgiving ceremony ( Zhaji Sacrificial Rite, later known as the Laji Rite ).

In Catholic teaching, each diocese ( Latin Rite term ) or eparchy ( Eastern Rite term ) is also a local or particular Church, though it lacks the autonomy of the particular Churches described above: " A diocese is a section of the People of God entrusted to a bishop to be guided by him with the assistance of his clergy so that, loyal to its pastor and formed by him into one community in the Holy Spirit through the Gospel and the Eucharist, it constitutes one particular church in which the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church of Christ is truly present and active.

Holy water is not a term used in Church of England rites, although font water is sanctified in the Church of England Anglican Baptism Rite.

The term Byzantine music is commonly associated with the medieval sacred chant of Christian Churches following the Constantinopolitan Rite.

In the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church, the term " lector " or " reader " can mean someone who in a particular liturgy is assigned to read a Biblical text other than the Gospel.

In the Roman Rite liturgy, the term feria is used to denote days of the week other than Sunday and Saturday.

The term Melkite, also written Melchite, refers to various Byzantine Rite Christian churches and their members originating in the Middle East.

Although the term liturgy is used to mean public worship in general, the Byzantine Rite uses the term " Divine liturgy " to denote the Eucharistic service.

Slavic Orthodox Church or Slavonic Orthodox Church is an umbrella term for East Orthodox churches that use Church Slavonic in liturgy, the latter being of Byzantine Rite.

The term comes from the first company, Green Shoe Manufacturing ( now called Stride Rite Corporation ), to permit underwriters to use this practice in an offering.