archisynagogue

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin archisynagōgus.

Noun

archisynagogue (plural archisynagogues)

1. (historical) The head of a synagogue.
   • 1997, Catherine Hezser, The Social Structure of the Rabbinic Movement in Roman Palestine:

     Only one rabbi of Phrygian origin mentioned in a Palestinian inscription is called an archisynagogue, and only indirect evidence for the possibility of rabbinic chazanim exists.

Translations

chief priest of a synagogue

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