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English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin hierarcha, from Ancient Greek ???????? (hierárkh?s) Derived from ????? (hierós, “holy”) +? -????? (-árkh?s, “ruler”, “leader”).

????? from Proto-Hellenic *iherós, from Proto-Indo-European *ish?ros. There are a number of candidate cognates with this word. Compare Sanskrit ???? (i?ira, “vigorous, fresh, blooming”) and Oscan ???????????????????????????? (aisusis).

Noun

hierarch (plural hierarchs)

1. (religion) One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order.
2. (Eastern Orthodoxy) A title of bishops in their role as ordinaries (arbiters of canon law) over their respective dioceses.

Synonyms

• ordinary

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English ierarchie, jerarchie, from Old French ierarchie, jerarchie, from Late Latin ierarchia, from Latin hierarchia, from Ancient Greek ???????? (hierarkhía, “rule of a high priest”), from ???????? (hierárkh?s, “high priest”), from ????? (hierós, “holy”) + ???? (árkh?, “I rule”). The H was re-added c. 1500 due to influence from Classical Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha?.?.???(?).ki/, /?ha?.???(?).ki/

Noun

hierarchy (plural hierarchies)

1. A body of authoritative officials organized in nested ranks.
2. A social, religious, economic or political system or organization in which people or groups of people are ranked with some superior to others based on their status, authority or some other trait.
3. Any group of objects ranked so that every one but the topmost is subordinate to a specified one above it.

Related terms

• hierarch
• hierarchic
• hierarchical
• hierarchically
• hierarchize
• hierarchization

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