Sanhedrin
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See also: sanhédrin
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew סַנְהֶדְרִין (sanhedrín, “Sanhedrin”), from Ancient Greek συνέδριον (sunédrion, “sitting together, hence assembly or council”). Doublet of synedrion.
Pronunciation
Noun
Sanhedrin (plural Sanhedrins)
- (historical) An assembly of twenty-three judges appointed in every major city in Israel.
- (historical) The assembly of seventy-one judges sitting in Jerusalem.
Translations
the assembly of seventy-one judges sitting in Jerusalem