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hierarchy
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)
- A body of authoritative officials organized in nested ranks.
- 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.
- 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
Translations
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seniority
English
Etymology
From Middle English senyoryte, from Medieval Latin senioritas, from Latin senior (“elder”); see senior.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: s?n-?-?r??-t?, IPA(key): /si?n?????ti/
- (General American) enPR: s?n-y?r??-t?, IPA(key): /sin?j???ti/
- Rhymes: -???ti
- Hyphenation: se?nior?i?ty
Noun
seniority (countable and uncountable, plural seniorities)
- A measure of the amount of time a person has been a member of an organization, as compared to other members, and with an eye towards awarding privileges to those who have been members longer.
- It's an old-fashioned company, with parking spaces and other perks doled out on the basis of seniority.
Synonyms
- anciennity
- eldership
Related terms
- senior
Translations
Further reading
- seniority in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- seniority in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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