hierarchy

Noun

Meaning

Dominion or authority in sacred things.

A body of officials disposed organically in ranks and orders each subordinate to the one above it; a body of ecclesiastical rulers.

A form of government administered in the church by patriarchs, metropolitans, archbishops, bishops, and, in an inferior degree, by priests.

A rank or order of holy beings.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pecking order power structure class group order level position stage degree ladder gradation station scale sequence domain

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Antonyms

babel equalization pandemonium welter bedlam circus

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Hypernyms

series organization organisation

Hyponyms

taxonomy data hierarchy celestial hierarchy

Phrases with the word

hierarchy of authority managerial hierarchy Kleene hierarchy Kleene-Mostowski hierarchy hierarchy of status societal hierarchy

Derivatives

hierarchies

Examples

put honesty first in her hierarchy of values Source: Internet

1960s Oldsmobile Headquarters (1966) - Building 70 In the 1960s Oldsmobile's position between Pontiac and Buick in GM's hierarchy began to dissolve. Source: Internet

5. Ridiculous arrogance of the Gnostics who refuse to acknowledge the hierarchy of created gods and spirits and say that they alone are sons of God and superior to the heavens (ch. 9). Source: Internet

Abbatial hierarchy In some monastic families, there is a hierarchy of precedence or authority among abbots. Source: Internet

According to religious records, he was assigned by God to lead the foreign mission as part of God's Divine hierarchy. Source: Internet

A carefully prepared banzuke listing the full hierarchy is published two weeks prior to each sumo tournament. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

hierarchization hierarchize hierarchized hierarchy diagram hierarchy of authority hierarchy of command