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syndic
- /ˈsɪndɪk/ US, UK
Rhymes with -ɪndɪk
Where it comes from
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).
noun syndics · syndick
- A government official having different duties depending on the country; also, a magistrate, especially one of the Chief Magistrates of Geneva, Switzerland. The Bailiffes and Syndicks of Merindoll appeare the ſecond time.
- 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. In France, syndics are appointed by the creditors of a bankrupt to manage the property.
- A layperson who is given official responsibility for the finances, care, and civil administration of the nonreligious details of a convent or religious community. The larger powers with which the syndic was invested by Martin IV and by his successors, Martin V ("Constitutiones Martinianae") in Wadding, "Annales", X, 301) and Paul IV ("Ex Clementi", 1 July, 1555), gave rise to the appellation syndicus Martinianus in contradistinction to syndicus communis.
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Talk about this word "syndic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/syndic. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. syndic. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/syndic "syndic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/syndic.Cite this
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