hieromonk

English

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek ἱερομόναχος (hieromónakhos), from Ancient Greek ἱερός (hierós) + μοναχός (monakhós).

Noun

hieromonk (plural hieromonks)

1. A monk of the Eastern Church who is also a priest.
   • 1961, Donald Attwater, The Christian Churches of the East, new edition, volume 2 (Churches not in Communion with Rome), Leominster, Herefordshire: Thomas More Books, →OCLC, page 227:

     A peculiar and important rank in the Armenian hierarchy, conferred by a sort of ordination rite, is that of vartapet. He is a hieromonk or widowed priest of superior learning and ability, especially authorized to preach and teach.

Synonyms

• hieromonach
• priestmonk

Translations

monk of the Eastern Church who is also a priest

• Armenian: աբեղա (hy) (abeġa)
• Czech: jeromonach m
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: priestermonnik m, hieromonnik m
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: pappismunkki
• French: hiéromoine (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Hieromonachos m, Priestermönch m
• Greek: ιερομόναχος (el) m (ieromónachos)
• Italian: ieromonaco m
• Macedonian: јеромонах m (jeromonah)
• Portuguese: hieromonge m
• Russian: иеромона́х (ru) m (ijeromonáx)
• Serbo-Croatian: jeromonah (sh) m
• Spanish: hieromonje m
• Ukrainian: ієромона́х m (ijeromonáx)