/
ˈhʌɪərɑːki/
n.
(pl. hierarchies)
- a ranking system ordered according to status or authority.
▸
(the hierarchy)
the upper echelons of a hierarchical system.
▸an arrangement according to relative importance or inclusiveness.
-
(the hierarchy)
the clergy of the Catholic Church or of an episcopal Church.
- Theology the traditional system of orders of angels and other heavenly beings.
Derivative
- hierarchization
or hierarchisation n. - hierarchize
or hierarchise v.
Etymology
ME: via OFr. and med. L. from Gk hierarkhia, from hierarkhēs (see hierarch).
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