sanhedrist
(ˈsænɪdrɪst)
Also 6 sanedrist.
[f. sanhedrim) + -ist.]
A member of the Sanhedrim; also fig.
| 1593 G. Harvey Pierce's Super. Wks. (Grosart) II. 179 Me thinkes the wisest Sanedrist of a thousand, should hardly persuad me, that he is a frend of Princes, and no enemie of Monarchies. 1879 Farrar St. Paul (1883) 4 The inquisitorial agent of Priests and Sanhedrists. |