Sanhedrim ['sænidrim]
(古犹太国的)最高法院兼参议会(由71人组成, 兼管宗教事务)
Sanhedrin \San"he*drin\, Sanhedrim \San"he*drim\, n. [Heb.
sanhedr[=i]n, fr. Gr. ?; ? with + ? a seat, fr. ? to sit. See
{Sit}.] (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.