Sanhedrin
English
Alternative forms
- sanhedrim
- sanhedrin
Etymology
Hebrew סַנְהֶדְרִין (sanhedrín, “Sanhedrin”), from Ancient Greek συνέδριον (synedrion, “sitting together, hence assembly or council”).
Noun
Sanhedrin (plural Sanhedrins)
- (historical) An assembly of twenty-three judges appointed in every major city in Israel.
- (historical) The assembly of seventy-one judges sitting in Jerusalem.
