Sān'he-drīm, n.

n. [Heb. sanhedrin, from Gr. συνέδριον, from σύν, with, together, and ἕδρα, a seat; L. Lat. synedrium.] (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. [Written also sanhedrin.]