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bilby commented on the word hegumena
"She shook her head.
'I'm the hegumena. That's the same as the abbess. And from time to time I function as the staretza, the spiritual director. But this business here. This isn't my area.'"
- 'The Quiet Girl', Peter Høeg.
March 18, 2008