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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Sanhedrin

/sănˌ-hēd'-rĭn/ · San·he·drin · IPA /sænˈhi.dɹɪn/
01 n. the great council of the Jews, which consisted of seventy members, to whom the high priest was added. It had jurisdiction of religious matters.
  1. 1.
    the great council of the Jews, which consisted of seventy members, to whom the high priest was added. It had jurisdiction of religious matters.(Jewish Antiq.)