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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

   Scrabble Points: 20

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   A hierarchy (from Greek: ἱεραρχία, hierarkhia, 'rule of a high priest', from hierarkhes, '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.

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    Learn the meaning of hierarchy as a system of organizing people or things into ranks or levels of importance, or as a group of officials in a church or other organization. Find synonyms, pronunciation, grammar, and usage examples of hierarchy.