Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Sanhedrin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sanhedrin \San"he*drin\, Sanhedrim \San"he*drim\, n. [Heb.
sanhedr[=i]n, fr. Gr. ?; ? with + ? a seat, fr. ? 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Synagogue \Syn"a*gogue\, n. [F., from L. synagoga, Gr. ? a
bringing together, an assembly, a synagogue, fr. ? to bring
together; sy`n with + ? to lead. See {Syn-}, and {Agent}.]
1. A congregation or assembly of Jews met for the purpose of
worship, or the performance of religious rites.
2. The building or place appropriated to the religious
worship of the Jews.
3. The council of, probably, 120 members among the Jews,
first appointed after the return from the Babylonish
captivity; -- called also the {Great Synagogue}, and
sometimes, though erroneously, the {Sanhedrin}.
4. A congregation in the early Christian church.
My brethren, . . . if there come into your synagogue
a man with a gold ring. --James ii.
1,2 (Rev.
Ver.).
5. Any assembly of men. [Obs. or R.] --Milton.
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