parnas

parnas (plural parnassim)

1. An administrator of a Jewish community, especially a synagogue.
   • 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.

   • 1998, Dovid Rossoff, Where Heaven Touches Earth, page xiv:

     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.

• Parnas

From Parnas. First attested in 1631–1661.^[1]

• Rhymes: -arnas
• Syllabification: par‧nas
• Homophone: Parnas

parnas m inan (related adjective parnaski or (obsolete) parnasowy)

1. Parnassus (home of poetry, literature and learning)

   Synonym: olimp

• parnas in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• parnas in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “parnas”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “parnas”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 61

parnas f pl

1. plural of parna