Church council
The crossword clue "Church council" is answered by SYNOD, a 5-letter entry. Used 160 times across 54 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 25 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
SYNOD
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SYNOD answer page.
Used 160 times across 54 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 25 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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