Meaning of polysynody | Babel Free
Definitions
A form of government administered by several councils rather than individual ministers; specifically that of Regency France from 1715-1718.
historical
Equivalents
Italiano
polisinodia
Examples
“The abbé de Saint-Pierre, for example, saw in the principle of Polysynody a framework for refashioning the polity so as to make it markedly less authoritarian than under Louis XIV.”
“Government under polysynody is the affair of human individuals, who through their own efforts create an entity that surpasses them.”
“The Council was thus wholly dependent upon the civil authorities. It constituted one of the elements of the polysynody that was characteristic of the Hapsburgs.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.