Sanhedrim

  • 51Sanhedrin — [ sanɪdrɪn, san hi:drɪn, san hɛdrɪn] (also Sanhedrim rɪm) noun the highest court of justice and the supreme council in ancient Jerusalem. Origin from late Heb. sanhedrīn, from Gk sunedrion council , from sun with + hedra seat …

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  • 52synagogue — n. 1. Jewish temple, Jewish house of worship. 2. Sanhedrim, great synagogue …

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  • 53Sanhedrin — /sænˈhidrən/ (say san heedruhn), /ˈsænədrən/ (say sanuhdruhn) noun 1. the supreme council and highest religious and judicial tribunal of the ancient Jewish nation, with seventy one members. 2. a similar lower tribunal, with twenty three members.… …

  • 54Sanhedrin — (also Sanhedrim) ► NOUN ▪ the highest court of justice and the supreme council in ancient Jerusalem. ORIGIN Hebrew, from Greek sunedrion council …

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  • 55Sanhedrin — [san′ədrim΄san hē′drin, sanhe′drin; san′ə drin΄] n. [TalmudHeb sanhedrin (gedola), (great) council < Gr synedrion, assembly < syn , together + hedra, seat: see SIT] the highest court and council of the ancient Jewish nation, having… …

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  • 56Sanhedrin — n. (also Sanhedrim) the highest court of justice and the supreme council in ancient Jerusalem with 71 members. Etymology: late Heb. sanhedricircn f. Gk sunedrion (as SYN , hedra seat) …

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  • 57the Seventy — 1. The Jewish Sanhedrim 2. The disciples sent out in the Bible, Luke 10 3. The Septuagint translators (often written LXX) • • • Main Entry: ↑seventy …

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  • 58sanedrim — sanedrim, drist obs. ff. sanhedrim, drist …

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  • 59SANHEDRIN, FRENCH — SANHEDRIN, FRENCH, Jewish assembly of 71 members convened in Paris during February–March 1807, at the request of Napoleon bonaparte . The object of this assembly was to convert the secular answers given by the Assembly of Jewish notables to the… …

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