hieromonk
noun
hieromonk is a noun meaning “A monk of the Eastern Church who is also a priest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-I-E-R-O-M-O-N-K, and it appears about once in every 93 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of hieromonk is hieromonks.
What does hieromonk mean?
noun
- 1
A monk of the Eastern Church who is also a priest.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of hieromonk
- hieromonks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is hieromonk?
Hieromonk appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Hieromonk in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense monk of the Eastern Church who is also a priest:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | hiéromoine |
| German | Hieromonachos, Priestermönch |
| Portuguese | hieromonge |
| Spanish | hieromonje |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hieromonk come from?
From Byzantine Greek ἱερομόναχος (hieromónakhos), from Ancient Greek ἱερός (hierós) + μοναχός (monakhós).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).