Obs. Also 6 archsynagogue. [ad. L. archisynagōgus, a. Gr. ἀρχιουνάγωγος (in N.T.); also in OF. archisynagogue.] The ruler of a synagogue.
1582. N. T. (Rhem.), Mark v. 22. And there commeth one of the Archsynagogs, named Iairus.
1660. Stillingfleet, Irenicum (1662), II. vi. § 6. 245. The Jews … retained their Archisynagogues still.
1753. in Chambers, Cycl. Suppl.
