Definitions for hierarchy

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hierarchy hi·er·ar·chy

Spelling: [hahy-uh-rahr-kee, hahy-rahr-]

IPA: /ˈhaɪ əˌrɑr ki, ˈhaɪ rɑr-/

Hierarchy is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 20 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 193 anagrams from letters in hierarchy (acehhirry).

Definitions for hierarchy

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 hierarchy

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

Examples for hierarchy

Nowhere do you find a hierarchy more prevalent than among them.

There is no hierarchy in Buddhism: it is a religion of absolute freedom.

He was a practical man who meant to increase the power of the hierarchy.

The hierarchy was as imposing as in Spain, and its dominion and influence greater.

Absolutely: “Courage I would rank now in the hierarchy of art and love.”

Powell ranks with Patrick Smith in the hierarchy of Florida historical novelists and that is lofty territory, indeed.

It was, I have to say, at the bottom of the hierarchy of royal honors, a British Empire Medal.

A strong sense of hierarchy took root as the schools expanded.

Army, state, and hierarchy were its visible representatives.

In the hierarchy of medical issues that carry stigma and fear, HPV has a unique place.