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hegumenos

hegumenos is the alternative form of hegumen.

Meaning of hegumen

Noun

hegumen (plural hegumens)

  1. The head of a monastery of the Eastern Orthodox Church or Eastern Catholic Churches.
    • 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.2015, Ines Angeli Murzaku, Monasticism in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Republics

Forms of hegumenos

pluralhegumenoi

Questions about hegumenos

What is hegumenos the alternative form of?
Hegumenos is the alternative form of hegumen.

Words near hegumenos in the dictionary

  1. hegumene
  2. hegumenes
  3. hegumeness
  4. hegumenesses
  5. hegumenoi
  6. hegumenos
  7. hegumens
  8. Hegwood
  9. Hegwoods
  10. Hegyeshalom
  11. heh

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