hegumen

English

Alternative forms

hegumenos
egumen
igumen, higumen
ihumen
hegumon

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἡγούμενος (hēgoúmenos, “leader”).

Noun

hegumen (plural hegumens)

(Christianity) The head of a monastery of the Eastern Orthodox Church or Eastern Catholic Churches.
- 2015, Ines Angeli Murzaku, Monasticism in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Republics:
  From 1517 to 1637 a total of 19 Kirillov hegumens were transferred to other influential positions, and nine of them were raised to episcopal seats.

Translations

head of a monastery

Finnish: igumeeni (fi)
French: hégoumène (fr), higoumène (fr)
Italian: egumeno m

Russian: игу́мен (ru) m (igúmen)
Serbo-Croatian: игуман m (iguman)

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