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noun - the supreme judicial and ecclesiastical council of ancient Jerusalem
The highest judicial and ecclesiastical council of the ancient Jewish nation, composed of from 70 to 72 members.
SANHEDRIN - The Sanhedrin (Hebrew and Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: ; Greek: , synedrion, "sitting together," hence "assembly" or "council") was an assembly of twe...
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The Sanhedrin (Hebrew and Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: ; Greek: , synedrion, "sitting together," hence "assembly" or "council") was an assembly of twenty-three or seventy-one rabbis appointed to sit as a tribunal in every city in the ancient Land of Israel. * There were two classes of rabbinical courts called Sanhedrin, the Great Sanhedrin and the Lesser Sanhedrin. A lesser Sanhedrin of 23 judges was appointed to each city, but there was to be only one Great Sanhedrin of 71 judges, which among other roles acted as the Supreme Court, taking appeals from cases decided by lesser courts. In general usage, "The Sanhedrin" without qualifier normally refers to the Great Sanhedrin, which was composed of the Nasi, who functioned as head or representing president, and was a member of the court; the Av Beit Din or chief of the court, who was second to the nasi; and sixty-nine general members (Mufla). * In the Second Temple period, the Great Sanhedrin met in the Temple in Jerusalem, in a building cal |