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    { Sanhedrin , Sanhedrim , } n. [Heb. sanhedrīn, 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.
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    Synagogue , n. [F., from L. synagoga, Gr. a bringing together, an assembly, a synagogue, fr. to bring together; σύν 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.
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    2. The building or place appropriated to the religious worship of the Jews.
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    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.
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    4. A congregation in the early Christian church.
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      My brethren, . . . if there come into your synagogue a man with a gold ring.
      James ii. 1,2 (Rev. Ver.).

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    5. Any assembly of men. [Obs. or R.]
      Milton.

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