Seen but not heard

Sir, – Having lived a fairly long life without ever once using the word “synodal”, I now see it daily on the letters page. I’ve never yet, though, heard it spoken.

Pray tell, does it rhyme with waddle, yodel or something else? Do we need it at all? – Yours, etc,

PAUL GRIFFIN,

St Helens,

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