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Archisynagogue
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “ancient jewish title for the officer who supervised matters pertaining to the religious services of the synagog”. Today it says “officer who supervised matters pertaining to the religious services of the synagogue”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Ancient supervising officer of a synagogue In ancient Judaism, an archisynagogue (Greek ἀρχισυνάγωγος ; Hebrew ראש הכנסת ; lit. "synagogue chief") was the officer who supervised matters pertaining to the religious services of the synagogue .
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “ancient jewish title for the officer who supervised matters pertaining to the religious services of the synagog”. Today it says “officer who supervised matters pertaining to the religious services of the synagogue”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
ancient jewish title for the officer who supervised matters pertaining to the religious services of the synagog
Now
officer who supervised matters pertaining to the religious services of the synagogue
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