syndic

1. (government) A government official having different duties depending on the country; also, a magistrate, especially one of the Chief Magistrates of Geneva, Switzerland.Examples: "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."

2. (chiefly British) 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.Examples: "In France, syndics are appointed by the creditors of a bankrupt to manage the property."; "The University of Cambridge has syndics who are chosen from the senate to transact special business, such as the regulation of fees and the framing of laws."; "The duties and powers of a provisional syndic are distinctly set out in section 1793 of the Revised Statutes. It says that "the duties of the provisional syndic shall consist in keeping, as a deposit, all the goods and other effects of the insolvent debtor; […]""British

3. (Catholicism) A layperson who is given official responsibility for the finances, care, and civil administration of the nonreligious details of a convent or religious community.Examples: "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."