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English Dictionary: Sanhedrin by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sanhedrin
n
  1. the supreme judicial and ecclesiastical council of ancient Jerusalem
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sanhedrin \San"he*drin\, Sanhedrim \San"he*drim\, n. [Heb.
      sanhedr[c6]n, fr. Gr. [?]; [?] with + [?] a seat, fr. [?] to
      sit. See {Sit}.] (Jewish Antiq.)
      the great council of the Jews, which consisted of seventy
      members, to whom the high priest was added. It had
      jurisdiction of religious matters.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Synagogue \Syn"a*gogue\, n. [F., from L. synagoga, Gr. [?] a
      bringing together, an assembly, a synagogue, fr. [?] to bring
      together; sy`n with + [?] to lead. See {Syn-}, and {Agent}.]
      1. A congregation or assembly of Jews met for the purpose of
            worship, or the performance of religious rites.
  
      2. The building or place appropriated to the religious
            worship of the Jews.
  
      3. The council of, probably, 120 members among the Jews,
            first appointed after the return from the Babylonish
            captivity; -- called also the {Great Synagogue}, and
            sometimes, though erroneously, the {Sanhedrin}.
  
      4. A congregation in the early Christian church.
  
                     My brethren, . . . if there come into your synagogue
                     a man with a gold ring.                     --James ii.
                                                                              1,2 (Rev.
                                                                              Ver.).
  
      5. Any assembly of men. [Obs. or R.] --Milton.

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Sanhedrin, sitting together
  
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