• (n.) A tribute in money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest, now made to the ecclesiastical commissioners; a procuration. • (a.) Synodical. • (n.) A constitution made in a provincial or diocesan synod. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/synodal/
Syn'od·al noun 1. (Ch. of Eng.) A tribute in money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest, now made to the ecclesiastical commissioners; a procuration. « Synodals are due, of common right, to the bishop only.... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/266