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Sanhedrin

//sænˈhi.dɹɪn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An assembly of twenty-three judges appointed in every major city in Israel. historical
  2. 2
    the supreme judicial and ecclesiastical council of ancient Jerusalem wordnet
  3. 3
    The assembly of seventy-one judges sitting in Jerusalem. historical

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew סַנְהֶדְרִין (sanhedrín, “Sanhedrin”), from Ancient Greek συνέδριον (sunédrion, “sitting together, hence assembly or council”). Doublet of synedrion.

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