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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HEGUMEN

From Medieval Latin hēgūmenus, from Late Greek hēgoumenos leader, from Greek hēgeisthai to lead.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HEGUMEN

hegumen  [hɪˈɡjuːmɛn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEGUMEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hegumen is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HEGUMEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Hegumen

Hegumen, hegumenos, igumen is the title for the head of a monastery of the Eastern Orthodox Church or Eastern Catholic Churches, similar to the one of abbot. The head of a convent of nuns is called hegumenia or ihumenia. The term means "the one who is in charge", "the leader" in Greek. Initially the title was applied to the head of any monastery. After 1874, when the Russian monasteries were secularized and classified into three classes, the title of hegumen was reserved only for the lowest, third class. The head of a monastery of the second or first class holds the rank of archimandrite. In the Greek Catholic Church, the head of all monasteries in a certain territory is called the protohegumen. The duties of both hegumen and archimandrite are the same, archimandrite being considered the senior dignity of the two. In the Russian Orthodox Church the title of Hegumen may be granted as an honorary title to any hieromonk, even one who does not head a monastery. "Family Tree of the Solovetsky Monastery". A hand-drawn lubok listing the names of the monastery's hegumens.

Definition of hegumen in the English dictionary

The definition of hegumen in the dictionary is the head of a monastery of the Eastern Church.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HEGUMEN


acumen
ˈækjʊˌmɛn
amen
ˌeɪˈmɛn
catechumen
ˌkætɪˈkjuːmɛn
cerumen
sɪˈruːmɛn
dolmen
ˈdɒlmɛn
energumen
ˌɛnəˈɡjuːmɛn
examen
ɪɡˈzeɪmɛn
hymen
ˈhaɪmɛn
jazzmen
ˈdʒæzmɛn
men
mɛn
nomen
ˈnəʊmɛn
numen
ˈnjuːmɛn
outdoorsmen
ˌaʊtˈdɔːzmɛn
regimen
ˈrɛdʒɪˌmɛn
rumen
ˈruːmɛn
semen
ˈsiːmɛn
Turkmen
ˈtɜːkmɛn
Tutankhamen
ˌtuːtənˈkɑːmɛn
Xiamen
ˈʃjɑːˈmɛn
yamen
ˈjɑːmɛn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEGUMEN

hegari
Hegel
Hegelian
Hegelian dialectic
Hegelianism
hegemon
hegemonial
hegemonic
hegemonical
hegemonies
hegemonism
hegemonist
hegemony
Hegira
hegumene
hegumenos
heh
heid

WORDS THAT END LIKE HEGUMEN

abdomen
albumen
bitumen
Bremen
cacumen
carmen
crimen
crumen
fishermen
gentlemen
horsemen
lumen
Namen
ramen
specimen
the bitumen
tradesmen
Tyumen
women
Yemen

Synonyms and antonyms of hegumen in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hegumen» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HEGUMEN

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Translator English - Chinese

hegumen
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hegúmeno
570 millions of speakers

English

hegumen
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hegumen
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القمص
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

игумен
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Hegúmeno
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hegumen
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

higoumène
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hegumen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Igumen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

hegumen
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

hegumen
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hegumen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hegumen
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hegumen
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हेग्यूमेन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hegumen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

igumeno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hegumen
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ігумен
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

egumen
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

ηγούμενο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hegumen
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Hegumen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hegumen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hegumen

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HEGUMEN»

The term «hegumen» is used very little and occupies the 177.337 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HEGUMEN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hegumen

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEGUMEN»

Discover the use of hegumen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hegumen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Complete Russian Folktale
The Father Hegumen came to meet him with the cross. He made the sign of the cross over him. The tsar kissed the cross and then asked the Father Hegumen: "It turns out you have a carefree monastery." The Father Hegumen turned a little ...
Jack V. Haney, 2006
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The Complete Russian Folktale: An introduction to the ...
He looked all around and caught sight of the barrel. He got into a boat, caught the barrel, broke it open, and there was the baby in the barrel. He took and brought him to the hegumen in the monastery. The hegumen named the child Vasilii and  ...
Jack V. Haney, 1999
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St. Symeon: The New Theologian and Spiritual Fatherhood
When one reads the Typika, one gets the impression that in coenobia in which the hegumen keeps all authority in his own hands, the revealing of thoughts comes to be a mere confession of sins ... In place of the primitive system in which the ...
H. J. M. Turner, 1990
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The Monks of Mount Athos: A Western Monk's Extraordinary ...
I said I thought such freedom worked well here because there is a deep unity since the Hegumen is also the Spiritual Father of all. The Hegumen replied that where this is not so and there are various Spiritual Fathers, there is still no problem ...
M. Basil Pennington, 2003
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Portraits of Old Russia: Imagined Lives of Ordinary People, ...
The hegumen asked him, “Who are you, child, and what need do you have of us? ” The youth said to the hegumen with great humility, “I have come, lord father, to your holiness, asking for your blessing and your prayer. I am called Aleksei, from  ...
Donald G. Ostrowski, Marshall Poe, 2011
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Orthodox Paradoxes: Heterogeneities and Complexities in ...
157 Hegumen Paisii and St Maria of Paris Paradoxes in the Canonization Processes Thus, Hegumen Damaskin pinpoints the crucial significance for contemporary Russian believers to understand the phenomenon of twentieth- century saint- ...
‎2014
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The God of Daniel: A Biblical Commentary on the Book of Daniel
A Biblical Commentary on the Book of Daniel Hegumen Abraam D. Sleman. The God of Daniel A Biblical Commentary on the Book of Daniel Hegumen Fr. Abraam D. Sleman The God of Daniel Hegumen Fr. Abraam D. Sleman © Front Cover.
Hegumen Abraam D. Sleman, 2008
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Medieval Russian Culture
... Metropolitan 16, 19, 236 Innokentij, Hegumen 139, 139n, 141, 142, 147, 148, 157, 158 Ioann Novgorodskij 138, 139n, 146 Ioann of Novgorod, see Ioann Novgorodskij Ioann Zlatoust, see John Chrysostom, Saint Ioasaf, Patriarch 142n, 167n ...
Henrik Birnbaum, Michael S. Flier, Daniel Rowland, 1994
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Prince, Saint, and Apostle: Prince Vladimir Svjatoslavic of ...
624 In his Kievan period the hegumen of Pecer, Ioann, was even exiled to Turov for some time.625 Nikon Velikij was a famous target for political expulsions, too. He had difficulties especially with Izjaslav Jaroslavic and had to leave the city on  ...
Jukka Korpela, 2001
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Slavic Cultures in the Middle Ages
Their attitudes can be deduced by considering the cases of two saints who were venerated within the monastery before their formal glorification: Antonii, the hermit who founded the monastery, and Feodosii, his disciple and the first hegumen.
B. Gasparov, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEGUMEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hegumen is used in the context of the following news items.
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Priest for the Far North wanted by the Russian Orthodox Church
Tiksi needs a permanent priest, at least for several years," official of the Synodal Department Hegumen Agafangel (Belykh) wonders at his page ... «Interfax-Religion, Jun 15»
2
A vision triumphant!
Archimandrite Boniface Luykx, hegumen of Holy Transfiguration Monastery (Mount Tabor) in Redwood Valley, Calif., enthusiastically agreed to ... «The Ukrainian Weekly, Jun 15»
3
Vatican ex-advisor converts to Orthodoxy and becomes a monk in …
Moscow, March 31, Interfax - Rector of the High Monastery of St. Peter in Moscow Hegumen Peter (Yeremeyev) headed the ceremony of taking ... «Interfax-Religion, Mar 15»
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Moscow Patriarchate to monitor violations of Orthodox Christians …
But the situation with Orthodox Christians' rights is poorly covered in such reports," Hegumen Philip (Ryabykh), the Russian Orthodox Church's ... «Interfax-Religion, Mar 15»
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Church official warns against repetition of Soviet persecutions of …
Moscow, February 9, Interfax - Representative of the Russian Church in Strasbourg Hegumen Philip (Ryabykh) urges to not allow new ... «Interfax-Religion, Feb 15»
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The Trinity-Danilov Monastery: Apocalyptic visions in medieval Russia
... to his hometown where he lived first at the Nicetas Monastery and then at Goritsky Monastery, where he became the hegumen, or abbot. «Russia Beyond the Headlines, Nov 14»
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#FreeAndrew: US unaware of Andrei Stenin's whereabouts
On Wednesday, Hegumen Nikon (Golovko) read a prayer in the Donskoy Monastery, Moscow, for the health of Stenin. Several dozen people ... «InSerbia News, Aug 14»
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Warsaw receives St. Mary Magdalene relic
Bishop Jerzy of Siemiatycze (right) and Hegumen Archimandrite Elizeusz (second right) carry the relic of St. Mary Magdalene into the cathedral. «thenews.pl, Aug 14»
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Ferapontov Monastery: Sublime beauty in the Russian north
... to the Nativity of the Virgin and originally a log structure, was rebuilt in brick in 1490 under the guidance of Abbot (Hegumen) Ioasaf. «Russia Beyond the Headlines, Aug 14»
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Georgia: Pilgrims seek wish fulfilment at monk's tomb
Priests were quick to denounce the "vision", however. Hegumen Kirion Machaidze took to Facebook to accuse the visitors of "idol worship" and ... «BBC News, Jan 14»

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