Hierarchy - Wikipedia A hierarchy (from Ancient Greek ἱεραρχία (hierarkhía) 'rule of a high priest', from ἱεράρχης (hierárkhēs) 'president of sacred rites') is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc ) that are represented as being "above", "below", or "at the same level as" one another
hierarch - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Noun hierarch (plural hierarchs) (religion) One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order (Eastern Orthodoxy) A title of bishops in their role as ordinaries (arbiters of canon law) over their respective dioceses
Hierarch - definition of hierarch by The Free Dictionary Define hierarch hierarch synonyms, hierarch pronunciation, hierarch translation, English dictionary definition of hierarch n 1 One who occupies a position of authority in a religious hierarchy 2 One who occupies a high position in a hierarchy: governmental hierarchs
HIERARCHY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary political hierarchy He rose quickly through the political hierarchy to become party leader He rapidly rose in the corporate hierarchy Every organization has a hierarchy, and trying to understand that, and the systems and processes of the organization, is important
Hierarch - Etymology, Origin Meaning - Etymonline hierarch (n ) "one who rules in holy things," 1570s, from Medieval Latin hierarcha, from Greek hierarkhia, from hierarkhēs "leader of sacred rites, high priest," from ta hiera "the sacred rites" (neuter plural of hieros "sacred;" see ire) + arkhein "to lead, rule" (see archon)