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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread sanhedrin #119185 01/08/2004 8:04 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Mencken slightly mocks a literary group: "I find it in the deed of a fund given to the American Academy of Arts and Letters to enable the gifted philologs of that sanhedrin “to consider its duty towards the conservation of the English language in its beauty and purity.” Webster's 1913 Dictionary Definition: \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. When Jesus worked miracles on the Sabbath, complaints were made, and brought to the Sanhedrin, where Caiaphas, the high priest advised that Jesus should die, rather than risk uprising of the people, which might lead to Roman intervention. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: sanhedrin #119186 01/09/2004 1:59 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta It should perhaps be noted that Sanhedrins were not in fact prorogued by satraps. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: sanhedrin #119187 01/09/2004 2:12 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Satrap The title of the ruler of Egypt under the Persians, later adopted under Alexander when he appointed Cleomenes of Naukratis head of the civil administration. The title was then taken for a brief time by Ptolemy I Soter when he became the ruler of Egypt until he took the title of Pharaoh in 305 BC. Imagine a satrap three hundred years old. He'd be a po'rogue for sure. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: sanhedrin #119188 01/09/2004 2:24 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta More general than that. Satraps were the equivalent of governors in the Persian empire. Satraps (Old Persian khšaçapavan): the governors of the satrapies (provinces) of the ancient Achaemenid empire. The title 'satrap' is older than the Persian empire: the word khšaçapavan is Median (it means 'protector of the realm') and was used to describe the vassal kings of the Median empire. The Median and Persian kings sent out officials with the title "eye of the king" to supervise their satraps. See: http://www.livius.org/sao-sd/satrap/satrap.htm for further details. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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