synedrian, n. and a.
(sɪˈnɛdrɪən)
[f. next + -an.]
a. n. A member of a synedrion; see also quot. 1606. b. adj. Of or belonging to a synedrion.
| 1606 T. Whetenhall Disc. Abuses Ch. Christ 119 [They] call them that desire to have restored againe the auncient order of Parish Synedries, Consistories, or Presbyteries..by the nick names of Synedrians, Consistorians, and Puritans. 1656 Blount Glossogr. s.v. Sanhedrim, Synedrians (synedri) are the Counsellors, Judges, or Members of that Court. 1808 Mitford Hist. Greece xxxix. §4. IV. 448 The Synedrians, resident deputies of the subject states,..met to take the matter into consideration. Ibid. 449 It was not probably the purpose of Chares and Demosthenes to injure or offend the Synedrian allies. |