syndic
/ˈsɪndɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A government official having different duties depending on the country; also, a magistrate, especially one of the Chief Magistrates of Geneva, Switzerland.
noun
An agent of a corporation, or of any body of people engaged in a business enterprise; specifically, in the University of Cambridge, a member of the senate appointed to carry out specific duties.
British usage
noun
A layperson who is given official responsibility for the finances, care, and civil administration of the nonreligious details of a convent or religious community.
Example Sentences
- "The Bailiffes and Syndicks of Merindoll appeare the ſecond time."
- "[T]he two Syndicks and the reſt of the Magiſtrates of that City began to pry more narrowly into their ſtay, and more neerely into their actions; […]"
- "This City is govern'd by a Syndick and Twenty Five Senators, who meet every Day to conſult about the Affairs of the Commonwealth, and to decide all Cauſes, whether Criminal or Civil."
- "A syndic shall be appointed for every canal not being administered by a corporation or other public body on behalf of any part of the community."
- "To-morrow, after the midday prayer, mount an ass and make for the Habbānīyah quarter and there inquire for the house of the syndic Barakah, known as Abū Shāmah."
- "In 1760 one Intendant went so far as to dissolve the militia altogether and appointed syndics to carry on the local government."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.? Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.? Proto-Hellenic *ksún Ancient Greek σύν (sún) Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-) Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-der. Ancient Greek δῐ́κη (dĭ́kē) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek σῠ́νδῐκος (sŭ́ndĭkos)bor. Late Latin syndicuslbor. French syndicbor. English syndic Borrowed from French syndic (“delegated representative; a chief magistrate of Geneva; a censor; critic (obsolete)”), from Late Latin syndicus (“syndic, representative of a corporation or town”), from Ancient Greek σύνδικος (súndikos, “advocate of a defendant”), from σῠν- (sŭn-, “together, with”) + δῐ́κη (dĭ́kē, “law, order”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out”)) + -ος (-os).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: syndicus, σύνδικος, *deyḱ-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsɪndɪk/
- British English: /ˈsɪndɪk/
Usage
- British usage