‖ synedrion, synedrium
(sɪˈnɛdrɪən), (-əm)
Pl. synedria. Also 8 synhed-; 7 anglicized pl. synedries; 8 in forms assimilated to sanhedrim, synhedrim, synedrin.
[mod.L., a. Gr. συνέδριον, f. σύνεδρος: see next.]
A judicial or representative assembly, a council, consistory; spec. the Jewish sanhedrim.
| 1584 E. Paget Calvin's Harm. Evangelists 5 The Synedrion,..a chosen counsell of the stocke and posteritie of Dauid, whose auctoritie was great. 1590 Nashe Pasquil's Apol. i. D j, The Bishoppes..should be throwne downe, and the Iewes Synedrion set vp. 1606 Synedries [see synedrian]. a 1641 Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. v. (1642) 341 Annas the younger,..calleth a Consistory or Synedrion, and citeth James. 1677 Howell's Vind. in Harl. Misc. (1810) VI. 128 How..uncapable am I to censure the proceedings of that great senate, that high synedrion, wherein the wisdom of the whole state is epitomized? 1728 Chambers Cycl., Sanhedrin, or Synedrin, among the Ancient Jews. 1775 Adair Amer. Ind. 7 In their sweltery town-houses, or supposed synhedria. Ibid. 86 If a two-years drought happens, the synhedrim..convene in a body, and make proper enquiry into the true cause of their calamities. 1808 Mitford Hist. Greece xxxv. §i. IV. 238 Seventy-five cities, of importance enough to have each its representative in the congress, or, in the original term synedrium, which assembled at Athens. 1880 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 424/1 The [Jewish] synedrium at that time was a political and not a scholastic authority. 1897 R. H. Story Apostolic Ministry Scot. Ch. i. 21 The synedrion held its meetings in the building used by the synagogue for its religious services. |