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hegumen

American

[hi-gyoo-muhn] / hɪˈgyu mən /

Also hegumenos

noun

Eastern Church.

the head of a monastery.

hegumen British

/ hɪˈɡjuːmɪˌnəʊs, hɪˈɡjuːmɛn /

noun

the head of a monastery of the Eastern Church

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Etymology

Origin of hegumen

1655–65; < Medieval Latin hēgūmenus < Greek hēgoúmenos chief, literally, leading, present participle of hēgeîsthai to lead

Example Sentences

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The celebrated monastery of Rila possesses a vast estate in the Rilska Planina; its abbot or hegumen owns no spiritual superior but the exarch.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

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