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Definition of Synaxis
1. n. A congregation; also, formerly, the Lord's Supper.
Definition of Synaxis
1. Noun. A congregation. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) The Lord's Supper. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Synaxis
1. an ancient meeting for worship [n SYNAXES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Synaxis
Literary usage of Synaxis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In Christian and liturgical use the synaxis is the assembly for any ... Thus 4
January is the "synaxis of the holy Seventy", that is the feast of the ..."
2. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe (1886)
"IL (synaxis, p. 257.) It seems to me worth while to quote a few words from the
... The word synaxis is but a Christianized form of the word Synagogue ; but, ..."
3. Notitia Eucharistica: A Commentary, Explanatory, Doctrinal, and Historical by William Edward Scudamore (1876)
"There is reason to think that when persecution had ceased, and prayers without
a celebration were said in the churches, this name of synaxis was given ..."
4. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to by Ernest Cushing Richardson, Bernhard Pick, Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe, Allan Menzies (1886)
"(synaxis, p. 257.) It seems to me worth while to quote a few words from the ...
The word synaxis is but a Christianized form of the word Synagogue ; but, ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"But the Eucharistie synaxis soon entailed other prayers; the custom of going to
the Temple disappeared; and the abuses of the Judaizing party forced the ..."
6. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"Each separate ofiice was also entitled a synaxis. Mention is made of a vespertina
synaxis (Rule of St. Benedict, c. 17 ; Mab. cfc Lit. Gall. p. ..."
7. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In Christian and liturgical use the synaxis is the assembly for any ... Thus 4
January is the "synaxis of the holy Seventy", that is the feast of the ..."
8. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe (1886)
"IL (synaxis, p. 257.) It seems to me worth while to quote a few words from the
... The word synaxis is but a Christianized form of the word Synagogue ; but, ..."
9. Notitia Eucharistica: A Commentary, Explanatory, Doctrinal, and Historical by William Edward Scudamore (1876)
"There is reason to think that when persecution had ceased, and prayers without
a celebration were said in the churches, this name of synaxis was given ..."
10. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to by Ernest Cushing Richardson, Bernhard Pick, Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe, Allan Menzies (1886)
"(synaxis, p. 257.) It seems to me worth while to quote a few words from the ...
The word synaxis is but a Christianized form of the word Synagogue ; but, ..."
11. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"But the Eucharistie synaxis soon entailed other prayers; the custom of going to
the Temple disappeared; and the abuses of the Judaizing party forced the ..."
12. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"Each separate ofiice was also entitled a synaxis. Mention is made of a vespertina
synaxis (Rule of St. Benedict, c. 17 ; Mab. cfc Lit. Gall. p. ..."
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