Originally Posted by Gryphonette

This was used as a mallet by those who would cast doubt on the veracity of the Scriptures, as they insisted it meant Luke had just made up a word.

Until archaeological excavations uncovered sixteen uses of the word, including one carved on the city gate of Thessalonica. Turns out it was a word unique to that city, used to signify its city's magistrates.

So, far from disproving the Bible's veracity, it proves nigh unto conclusively that Luke and company were in Thessalonica, as that's the only way he'd ever come across that particular word.