hegumenとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• hegumenos, egumen, igumen, higumen, ihumen, hegumon

語源

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἡγούμενος (hēgoúmenos, “leader”).

名詞

hegumen (plural hegumens)

1. (Christianity) The head of a monastery of the Eastern Orthodox Church or Eastern Catholic Churches.
   • 2015, Ines Angeli Murzaku, Monasticism in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Republics:

     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.

等位語

• hegumene
• hegumeness

参考

• abbot
• archimandrite
• hetman