Gerusia (Γερονσία): Moses was assisted by a council of seventy elders (Num., and the elders as representatives of the people of Israel are often referred to (I Kings viii., not as an organized magistracy, but as men that appeared as leaders of ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
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Gerousia: Gerousia (γερουσία, Doric γερωΐα), the ancient council of elders at Sparta, corresponding in some of its functions to the Athenian Boulē. In historical times it numbered twenty-eight members, to whom were added ex officio the two kings and, later, the five ephors ... [83%] 2022-09-02