Meaning & use
Hieromonk
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A monk in the Eastern Orthodox or Eastern Catholic Church who has also been ordained a priest.
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The hieromonk celebrated the liturgy in the small mountain monastery.
He was tonsured a monk before later being ordained a hieromonk.
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From Greek 'hieromonachos', combining 'hieros' (sacred) and 'monachos' (monk).
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monk-priest
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