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higumen

higumen 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 higumen

pluralhigumens

Questions about higumen

What is higumen the alternative form of?
Higumen is the alternative form of hegumen.

Words near higumen in the dictionary

  1. Higuchis
  2. Higuera
  3. Higueras
  4. higuero
  5. higueros
  6. higumen
  7. higumens
  8. HIH
  9. hihi
  10. hihis
  11. hii

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