archisynagogue
nounUK /ˌɑːkɪˈsɪnəɡɒɡ/ · US /ˌɑɹkɪˈsɪnəˌɡɑɡ/
Etymology Learned borrowing from Latin archisynagōgus. By surface analysis, archi- + synagogue.
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Judaism, Historical The head of a synagogue.
- 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.1997, Catherine Hezser, The Social Structure of the Rabbinic Movement in Roman Palestine: