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Webster 1913 Edition
Sanhedrim
{
San′he-drin
,San′he-drim
, }Noun.
[Heb.
sanhedrīn
, fr. Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] with + [GREEK] a seat, fr. [GREEK] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sanhedrim
SAN'HEDRIM
,Noun.
The great council of seventy elders among the Jews, whose jurisdiction extended to all important affairs. They received appeals from inferior tribunals, and had power of life and death.