Sanhedrin

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

  • (UK) IPA(key): /sænˈhiː.dɹɪn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /sænˈhi.dɹɪn/

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.

Translations

See also

  • כנסת הגדולה

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