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1. (n.) hierarchy
any system of persons or things ranked one above another.
2. hierarchy
government by ecclesiastical rulers.
3. hierarchy
the power or dominion of a hierarch.
4. hierarchy
an organized body of ecclesiastical officials in successive ranks or orders:
the Roman Catholic hierarchy.
5. hierarchy
one of the three divisions of the angels, each made up of three orders, conceived as constituting a graded body.
6. hierarchy
angels collectively.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME jerarchie < MF ierarchie < ML (h)ierarchia < LGk hierarchía rule or power of the high priest)
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| Definition of 'Hierarchy' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) hierarchy
a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system
"put honesty first in her hierarchy of values"
2. (noun) hierarchy, power structure, pecking order
the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body
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1. (noun) hierarchy
out of hiding
a system of organizing people or things by importance
the company hierarchy; a hierarchical structure
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| Definition of 'Hierarchy' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Hierarchy
dominion or authority in sacred things
2. (noun) Hierarchy
a body of officials disposed organically in ranks and orders each subordinate to the one above it; a body of ecclesiastical rulers
3. (noun) Hierarchy
a form of government administered in the church by patriarchs, metropolitans, archbishops, bishops, and, in an inferior degree, by priests
4. (noun) Hierarchy
a rank or order of holy beings
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Sense: (an) arrangement (of usually people in a group, also things etc) in order of rank, importance etc.
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 Afrikaans: hiërargie |
 Arabic: مراتِب، درجات، نِظام درجا |
 Bulgarian: йерархия |
 Brazilian: hierarquia |
 Czech: hierarchie |
 German: die Hierarchie |
 Danish: hieraki; rangorden |
 Greek: ιεραρχία |
 Spanish: jerarquía |
 Estonian: hierarhia |
 Farsi: سلسله مراتب |
 Finnish: hierarkia |
 French: hiérarchie |
 Hebrew: מִדרָג |
 Hindi: पदानुक्रम |
 Croatian: hijerarhija |
 Hungarian: hierarchia |
 Indonesian: hierarki |
 Icelandic: stigveldi, stigskipt kerf |
 Italian: gerarchia |
 Japanese: 階級制 |
 Korean: 계층 |
 Lithuanian: hierarchija |
 Latvian: hierarhija |
 Malay: hierarki |
 Dutch: hiërarchie, pikorde |
 Norwegian: rangordning, hierarki |
 Polish: hierarchia |
 Persian: سلسله مراتب |
 Pashto: دمراتبو سلسله |
 Portuguese: hierarquia |
 Romanian: ierarhie |
 Russian: иерархия |
 Slovak: hierarchia |
 Slovenian: hierarhija |
 Serbian: hijerarhija |
 Swedish: hierarki |
 Thai: การจัดระบบตามลำดับขั้น |
 Turkish: hiyerarşi, aşama sırası |
 Taiwanese: 階層 |
 Ukrainian: ієрархія |
 Urdu: سلسلئہ مراتب |
 Vietnamese: hệ thống thứ bậc |
 Chinese: 等级 |
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