synodality

English

Etymology

From synod +‎ -ality.

Noun

synodality (usually uncountable, plural synodalities)

  1. (Christianity) The quality or style of a synod; fraternal collaboration and discernment as typified in a synod.
    • 2023 October 2, Jason Horowitz, Elisabetta Povoledo, quoting Pope Francis, “What Is a Synod in the Catholic Church? And Why Does This One Matter?”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN:
      “I am well aware that speaking of a ‘Synod on Synodality’ may seem something abstruse, self-referential, excessively technical, and of little interest to the general public,” Pope Francis said in August. But, he added, it “is something truly important for the church.”
    • 2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian‎[2]:
      Francis, by contrast, was at pains to listen and act, going so far in 2023 as to call a curiously named synod on synodality in his anxiety to make the process work better as a conduit between the centre and the outposts of his global church.
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