hierarchy
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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.
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put honesty first in her hierarchy of values
1960s Oldsmobile Headquarters (1966) - Building 70 In the 1960s Oldsmobile's position between Pontiac and Buick in GM's hierarchy began to dissolve.
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).
Abbatial hierarchy In some monastic families, there is a hierarchy of precedence or authority among abbots.
According to religious records, he was assigned by God to lead the foreign mission as part of God's Divine hierarchy.
A carefully prepared banzuke listing the full hierarchy is published two weeks prior to each sumo tournament.