Body
Body noun - The main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- The Synod was eventually overturned, the body recovered and returned to its proper place.
Source: Dishonored Dead -
In contrast to the Roman Catholic practice to put the bodies of saints on display for reverence, there is the infamous Cadaver Synod, where Pope Stephen VII exhumed the body of his predecessor, Pope Formosus, and staged a posthumous trial.
Source: Dead Guy on Display - The Synod (the general body of priests) has the ability to investigate people for lack of virtue, veto motions and removed generals, senators and even the Empress, but it doesn't actually get to make the decisions itself.
Source: LARP / Empire
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