Sanhedrin

{ San″he‐drin (?), San″he‐drim (?) }, 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.