Sanhedrin

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UK/sænˈhiː.dɹɪn/US/sænˈhi.dɹɪn/

noun

An assembly of twenty-three judges appointed in every major city in Israel.

OriginHebrew סַנְהֶדְרִין ← Ancient Greek συνέδριον →
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Meanings

nounSanhedrin (plural Sanhedrins)

plural Sanhedrins · alternative sanhedrim · alternative sanhedrin

  1. historicalAn assembly of twenty-three judges appointed in every major city in Israel.
  2. historicalThe assembly of seventy-one judges sitting in Jerusalem.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekσυνέδριον“sitting together, hence assembly or council”
  2. Hebrewסַנְהֶדְרִין“Sanhedrin”
  3. EnglishSanhedrin

Borrowed from Hebrew סַנְהֶדְרִין (sanhedrín, “Sanhedrin”), from Ancient Greek συνέδριον (sunédrion, “sitting together, hence assembly or council”). Doublet of synedrion.

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Translations

Hindi महासभा
  • महासभा (mahāsabhā)the assembly of seventy-one judges sitting in Jerusalem
Polish Sanhedryn
  • Sanhedrynthe assembly of seventy-one judges sitting in Jerusalem
Portuguese Sinédrio
  • Sinédriothe assembly of seventy-one judges sitting in Jerusalem
Spanish sanedrín
  • sanedrínthe assembly of seventy-one judges sitting in Jerusalem
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APA

Sanhedrin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sanhedrin

MLA

“Sanhedrin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sanhedrin. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sanhedrin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sanhedrin.

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