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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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