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hegumen|hɪˈgjuːmən|
[ad. med.L. hēgūmenus, a. Gr. ἡγούµενος chief of an abbey, abbot, pr. pple. of ἡγεῖσθαι to lead, command, used subst. Also in Greek form. Cf. F. hégoumène (Littré Suppl.).]
In the Greek Ch.: The head of any religious community; spec. the head of a monastery of the second class, corresponding to the abbot of a second-class convent; also, the second person in authority in a large monastery, corresponding to a prior in the West.
1662J. Davies tr. Olearius' Voy. Ambass. iii. (1669) 104 (Stanf.) They have Archimandrites, Kelari's, and Igumeni's, who are their Abbots, Priors, and Guardians. 1772J. G. King Gr. Ch. in Russia 376 The probationer takes up the scissars..and delivers them..to the hegumen. 1820T. S. Hughes Trav. Sicily II. v. 113 (Stanf.) The hegumenos, or prior, in full robes. 1850Neale Eastern Ch. I. 887 The catechetical discourse..is read by the Hegumen or Ecclesiarch, the brethren standing. |