Sanhedrin Definition

săn-hĕdrĭn, -hēdrĭn, sän-
noun
The highest court and council of the ancient Jewish nation, having religious and civil functions: it was abolished with the destruction of Jerusalem in a.d. 70
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Sanhedrin

Noun

Singular:
Sanhedrin
Plural:
sanhedrins

Origin of Sanhedrin

  • Hebrew sanhedrîn from Greek sunedrion council from sunedros sitting in council sun- syn- hedrā seat sed- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Sanhedrin Sentence Examples

  • The first seat of the sanhedrin was at Jamnia (Yebna), where the Rabbinic system began to be formulated.

  • This hierarchical government, which can find no foundation in the Hebrew monarchy, is the forerunner of the Sanhedrin (q.v.); it is an institution which, however inaugurated, set its stamp upon the narratives which have survived.

  • The great saying of each of these rabbis is concerned with the duties of a judge; the selection does justice to the importance of the Sanhedrin, which was filled with Pharisees.

  • Complaint was made to Hyrcanus that Herod had violated the law which prohibited the execution of even an evil man, unless he had been first condemned to death by the Sanhedrin.

  • Of all the Sanhedrin only Sameas " a righteous man and therefore superior to fear " dared to speak.

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