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   hierarchy

   /ˈhʌɪ(ə)rɑːki/

   noun

   • 1. a system in which members of an organization or society are ranked according to relative status or authority: "the initiative was with those lower down in the hierarchy"
   • ▪ the clergy of the Catholic Church or of an episcopal Church: "the Roman Catholic hierarchy in Romania"
   • ▪ the upper echelons of a hierarchical system: "the magazine was read quite widely even by some of the hierarchy"
   • ▪ an arrangement or classification of things according to relative importance or inclusiveness: "a taxonomic hierarchy of phyla, classes, orders, families, genera, and species"
   • ▪ the traditional system of orders of angels and other heavenly beings: "the heavenly hierarchy"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French and medieval Latin from Greek hierarkhia, from hierarkhēs ‘sacred ruler’ (see hierarch). The earliest sense was ‘system of orders of angels and heavenly beings’; the other senses date from the 17th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. hierarchic adjective

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   Synonyms for HIERARCHY: ladder, ranking, scale, series, level, sequence, ordering, graduation, distribution, status.

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   noun. These are words and phrases related to hierarchy. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of hierarchy. ECHELON. Synonyms. echelon. level. rank. authority. position. grade. office. file. tier. line. rung.

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   Synonyms for HIERARCHY in English: grading, ranking, social order, pecking order, class system, social stratum, …

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   a system of people or things arranged in a graded order. Even in the desert there was a kind of social hierarchy. Synonyms. grading. ranking. social order. pecking order. class system. social stratum.

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    hierarchy. WordReference English Thesaurus © 2024. Sense: Noun: ranks within an organization. Synonyms: chain of command, pecking order, power structure, corporate ladder, ladder, company hierarchy, food chain, the ranks, ranking, structure, system, tree.

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