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Encyclopedia of Religion entry forAb Beth DinLiterally " father of the house of justice." This, according to tradition, was a title of the vice-president of the Jewish Sanhedrin, the President of which was called Nasi (" prince "). It seems more likely, however, that it was the title of the spiritual head of the people and so of the Sanhedrin, and that Nasi was the designation of the more secular head of the people (the High-priest). See the Jewish Encycl., ix., 1905, under " Nasi "; W. O. E. Oesterley and G. H. Box. citations: Encyc. of Rel., Canney
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