parnasとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

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.