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Jewish council had sinner converted (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sanhedrin

'jewish council' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'had sinner converted' is the wordplay.
'converted' indicates an anagram.
'had'+'sinner'='hadsinner'
'hadsinner' with letters rearranged gives 'SANHEDRIN'.

(Other definitions for sanhedrin that I've seen before include "Jewish council" , "Ancient court" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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