Synodality

Quick meaning: Synodality is a noun meaning (Christianity) The quality or style of a synod; fraternal collaboration and discernment as typified in a synod.

Meaning

(Christianity) The quality or style of a synod; fraternal collaboration and discernment as typified in a synod.

Example Sentences

Francis, by contrast, was at pains to listen and act, going so far in 2023 as to call a curiously named synod on synodality in his anxiety to make the process work better as a conduit between the centre and the outposts of his global church.

“I am well aware that speaking of a ‘Synod on Synodality’ may seem something abstruse, self-referential, excessively technical, and of little interest to the general public,” Pope Francis said in August. But, he added, it “is something truly important for the church.”

Word Forms

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include congregativeness, ecumenicality, dialogicality, syndeticity, cordiality, synonymousness.

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