Synedrion or Synhedrion (Greek: συνέδριον, `sitting together,` hence `assembly` or `council`; סנהדרין, 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 ... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synedrion
(from the article `ancient Greek civilization`) ...have been once again envisaged, but in other respects the precedent of the Delian League was explicitly avoided. There was to be freedom and ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/200