hegumen

English

Alternative forms

hegumenos
egumen
igumen, higumen
ihumen
hegumon

Noun

hegumen (plural hegumens)

(Christianity) The head of a monastery of the Eastern Orthodox Church or Eastern Catholic Churches.

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)

See also

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