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sanhedrin |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sanhedrin \San"he*drin\, Sanhedrim \San"he*drim\, n. [Heb. sanhedr[=i]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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