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parnas

parnas noun: an administrator of a Jewish community, especially a synagogue.

Noun

parnas (plural parnassim)

  1. An administrator of a Jewish community, especially a synagogue.
    • 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.1790, The Constitution and Bylaws of Congregation Shearith Israel, New York, printed in 1959, Jacob Rader Marcus, American Jewry: Documents from the Eighteenth Century
    • Although the duties of the parnas and the Sheik al-Yehud were quite distinct, in fact, both offices were often invested in the same person.1998, Dovid Rossoff, Where Heaven Touches Earth, page xiv

Forms of parnas

pluralparnassim

Questions about parnas

What does parnas mean?
Parnas means an administrator of a Jewish community, especially a synagogue.
What part of speech is parnas?
Parnas is a noun.
What is the plural of parnas?
The plural of parnas is parnassim.

Words near parnas in the dictionary

  1. parmos
  2. Parmouti
  3. parms
  4. parmulariaceous
  5. parnaparin
  6. parnas
  7. parnassia
  8. parnassian
  9. Parnassianism
  10. parnassians
  11. parnassias

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