סַנְהֶדְרִין f.n. PBH 1 ‘Sanhedrin’ — the supreme Jewish court (סַנְהֶדְרִין גְּדוֹלָה) in the time of the Second Temple, consisting of 71 scholars. 2 one of the lesser courts with 23 members, called סַנְהֶדְרִין קְטַנָּה, lit.: ‘the small Sanhedrin’. [Gk. synedrion (= council, council chamber), lit.: ‘sitting together’, from syn (= with, together with), and edra (= a seat), which is cogn. with L. sedēre (= to sit). See אַכְסַדְרָה and cp. פַּרְהֶדְרִין and קָתֶדְרָה. cp. also אַסְלָה and the second element in דוֹדֶקָאֶדֶר and in סַפְסָל.]