Lexicographical Neighbors of Hegumene
Literary usage of Hegumene
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Ephraim Chambers (1870)
"... the abbess, hegumene ; it several convents be subject to a single abbot, he
is called Archimandrite. Both monks and nuns are bound by vows of celibacy. ..."
2. Chambers' Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1874)
"... the abbess, hegumene ; if confirmation is administered in immediate con-
several convents be subject to a single abbot, he is nection with baptism, ..."
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