- Synedrion
Synedrion or Synhedrion Greek language Greek , sitting together, hence Deliberative assembly assembly or council lang he , sanhedrin is a Greek word for an assembly that holds formal sessions. The Latinized form is synedrium . Depending on the widely varied constitutions, it applied to diverse representative and or judiciary organs of Greek and hellenistic polis city state s and treaty organisations. Etymology Synedrion was adopted by Hellenistic Judaism Hellenistic Jews and corrupted into Aramaic language Aramaic as sanhedrin , actually in full sanhedrin gedola great council in Late Hebrew. It was further corrupted to sanhedrim as a false correction when the Greek word was taken into Mishnaic Hebrew , where in is a form of the plural suffix of which im is the more exact form , for the high council of the Jewish nation after its state had been reduced by the Roman empire to vassalitic puppet states under Tetrarchy Judea tetrarchs , see Iudaea province , but was itself abolished in 70 AD after Titus destruction of Jerusalem and reconvened in Council of Jamnia Jamnia . Synedrions in Greek states Macedonia main Macedon Council Synedrion The supreme body of Alexander the Great s empire was also called Synedrion . The Council was a small group formed among some of the most eminent Macedonians, chosen by the king to assist him in the government of the kingdom. As such it was not a representative assembly, but notwithstanding that on certain occasions it could be expanded with the admission of representatives of the cities and of the civic corps of the kingdom. The Council primarily exerted a probouleutic function with respect to the Assembly it prepared and proposed the decisions which the Assembly would have discussed and voted, working in many fields such as the designation of kings and regents, as of that of the high administrators and the declarations of war. It was also the first and the last authority for all the cases which did not involve capital ... more details
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