hi|er|ar|chy

hi|er|ar|chy
hi|er|ar|chy «HY uh RAHR kee», noun, plural -chies.
1. an organization of persons or things arranged into higher and lower ranks, classes, or grades: »

O latest born…Of all Olympus' faded hierarchy (Keats).

2. government by priests or church officials.
3. a group of church officials of different ranks. The church hierarchy is composed of archibishops, bishops, priests, and deacons.
4. Theology. a) one of the divisions of the angels, each made up of three orders, and each ranked according to its duties and nearness to God. b) the angels.
╂[< Medieval Latin hierarchia < Greek hierarchíā < hierarchíein be high priest < hierárchēs; see etym. under hierarch (Cf. ↑hierarch)]

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