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parnas

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An administrator of a Jewish community, especially a synagogue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1790, The Constitution and Bylaws of Congregation Shearith Israel, New York, printed in 1959, Jacob Rader Marcus, American Jewry: Documents from the Eighteenth Century The parnassim and associate elders shall have full power to frame and propose all the institutions and ordinances for the well governing and discipline of this congregation.

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