Definitions for hierarchies

hierarchies hi·er·ar·chy

Spelling: [hahy-uh-rahr-kee, hahy-rahr-]
IPA: /ˈhaɪ əˌrɑr ki, ˈhaɪ rɑr-/

Hierarchies is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 401 anagrams from letters in hierarchies (aceehhiirrs).

Definitions for hierarchies

noun

  1. any system of persons or things ranked one above another.
  2. government by ecclesiastical rulers.
  3. the power or dominion of a hierarch.
  4. an organized body of ecclesiastical officials in successive ranks or orders:
  5. one of the three divisions of the angels, each made up of three orders, conceived as constituting a graded body.
  6. Also called celestial hierarchy. the collective body of angels.
  7. government by an elite group.
  8. Linguistics. the system of levels according to which a language is organized, as phonemic, morphemic, syntactic, or semantic.

Origin of hierarchies

1300-50; Medieval Latin hierarchia Late Greek hierarchía rule or power of the high priest, equivalent to hier- hier- + archía -archy; replac

Examples for hierarchies

A homely utterance, but it has virtue to overthrow all dynasties and hierarchies.

In the ninth heaven is a manifestation of the Divine Essence, viewed by three hierarchies of Angels.

The great Heavens overladen with their angel choirs and hierarchies tumble about the ears of people.

She began to get a faint perception of hierarchies and powers.

It is not the hierarchies of the past or the present of whom we have spoken.

Netanyahu could also pressure the Haredi rabbis, taking advantage of the hierarchies within the community.

But certainly we have all these hierarchies of what is considered great literature, and the canon can be dictatorial.

Such honor is often based on competition and, as one would expect, lends itself to hierarchies.

The shamans do not appear to constitute a special caste or sacerdotal order, like the hierarchies of the Christian Churches.

At their feet were nine choirs of angels ranged by hierarchies upon the steps.

Word Value for hierarchies
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19

Words with friends

18

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