syndicate

n. 1 combination of individuals or businesses to promote a common interest. 2 agency supplying material simultaneously to a number of newspapers etc. 3 group of people who gamble, organize crime, etc. 4 committee of syndics. v. (-ting) 1 form into a syndicate. 2 publish (material) through a syndicate.  syndication n. [latin: related to *syndic]

n. The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a council, or body of syndics.