HEGUMEN


Meaning of HEGUMEN in English

/hi gyooh"meuhn/ , n. Eastern Ch.

the head of a monastery.

Also, hegumenos /hi gyooh"meuh nos'/ .

[ 1655-65; hegumenus hegoúmenos chief, lit., leading, prp. of hegeîsthai to lead ]

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