Synedrion
Sign in to saveA synedrion or synhedrion (Greek: συνέδριον, "sitting together", hence "assembly" or "council"; , sanhedrin) is an assembly that holds formal sessions. The Latinized form is synedrium.
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- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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- Ancient Greece
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- Synedria in Greek states
- Macedonia
- Synedrion at Corinth
- Synedrion at Epirus
- Synedrion in Judea
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A synedrion or synhedrion (Greek: συνέδριον, "sitting together", hence "assembly" or "council"; , sanhedrin) is an assembly that holds formal sessions. The Latinized form is synedrium.
Depending on the widely varied constitutions, it applied to diverse representative or judiciary organs of Greek and Hellenistic city-states and treaty organisations.
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