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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Sanhedrimnoun

    The chief council among the Jews, consisting of seventy elders, over whom the high priest presided.

    Etymology: synedrium, Latin.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sanhedrimnoun

    the great council of the Jews, which consisted of seventy members, to whom the high priest was added. It had jurisdiction of religious matters

  2. Etymology: [Heb. sanhedrn, fr. Gr. ; with + a seat, fr. to sit. See Sit.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Sanhedrim

    Sanhedrin, san′hē-drim, -drin, n. the supreme ecclesiastical and judicial tribunal of the Jews down to 425 A.D.: any similar assembly, a parliament. [Heb. sanhedrin—Gr. synedrionsyn, together, hedra, a seat.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Sanhedrim

    a council of the Jews which held its sittings in Jerusalem, and claimed authority and jurisdiction over the whole Jewish people; it was an aristocratic body, and was presided over by the high-priest; its authority was limited from time to time, and it ceased to exist with the fall of Jerusalem; there is no note of its existence prior to the Grecian period of Jewish history.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sanhedrim in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sanhedrim in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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