hieromonk

[ hahy-er-uh-muhngk, hahy-ruh- ]

nounEastern Church.
  1. a monk who is also a priest.

Origin of hieromonk

1
1775–85; partial translation of Late Greek or Medieval Greek hierómonachos.See hiero-, monk

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