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Russian
Etymology
Phonologically adapted borrowing of Ancient Greek σύγκλητος (súnklētos), displacing earlier сигкли́т (sigklít).
Pronunciation
Noun
синкли́т • (sinklít) m inan (genitive синкли́та, nominative plural синкли́ты, genitive plural синкли́тов)
- (historical) synclite (specially summoned council or assembly of elders in classical Greece)
- (historical) synclite (senate in the context of the Byzantine Empire, or one of the states in its sphere of influence which adopted similar institutions)
- (Eastern Orthodoxy) synod
- Synonym: сино́д (sinód)
- (colloquial, dated) meeting; gathering
Declension