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1.NounAn ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.
2.NounAn administrative division of churches, either the entire denomination, as in the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, or a mid-level division (middle judicatory, district) as in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
3.NounAn assembly or council having civil authority (formal); a legislative body.
4.NounA conjunction of two or more of the heavenly bodies.