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Meaning of synedrus | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B2
[ˈsy.nɛ.drʊs]

Definitions

a counsellor, senator (equivalent to a Roman senātor)

declension-2, masculine

Examples

“[H]is rerum externarum cognitionibus interpositis Macedonum rursus advocatum concilium; pronuntiatum, quod ad statum Macedoniae pertinebat, senatores, quos synedros vocant, legendos esse, quorum consilio res publica administraretur.”

The congress of the Macedonians which had been interrupted by these proceedings was again convened. First of all the status of Macedonia was defined. Senators, who were known as “synedri,” were to be elected to form a council for the administration of government. ― translation by the Rev. Canon Roberts (1912)

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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