Associations to the word «Sanhedrin»

Wiktionary

SANHEDRIN, noun. (historical) An assembly of twenty-three judges appointed in every major city in Israel.
SANHEDRIN, noun. (historical) The assembly of seventy-one judges sitting in Jerusalem.

Dictionary definition

SANHEDRIN, noun. The supreme judicial and ecclesiastical council of ancient Jerusalem.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke