Sanhedrin

See also: sanhédrin

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

Sanhedrin (plural Sanhedrins)

  1. (historical) An assembly of twenty-three judges appointed in every major city in Israel.
  2. (historical) The assembly of seventy-one judges sitting in Jerusalem.

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