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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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