Word of the Day 07/10/20 Hierarchy
Hierarchy (noun)
hi·er·ar·chy [hahy-uh-rahr-kee, hahy-rahr-] (previously 06-15-13)
noun plural hi·er·ar·chies.
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: the Roman Catholic hierarchy.
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.
OTHER WORDS FROM HIERARCHY
an·ti·hi·er·ar·chy, noun, plural an·ti·hi·er·ar·chies, adjective
WORDS RELATED TO HIERARCHY
ranking, position, pyramid, scale, grouping, placing
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Origin: Origin: 1300-50; < Medieval Latin hierarchia < Late Greek hierarchía rule or power of the high priest, equivalent to hier- hier- + archía -archy; replacing Middle English jerarchie < Middle French ierarchie < Medieval Latin ierarchia, variant of hierarchia
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hi·er·ar·chy [hahy-uh-rahr-kee, hahy-rahr-] (previously 06-15-13)
noun plural hi·er·ar·chies.
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: the Roman Catholic hierarchy.
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.
OTHER WORDS FROM HIERARCHY
an·ti·hi·er·ar·chy, noun, plural an·ti·hi·er·ar·chies, adjective
WORDS RELATED TO HIERARCHY
ranking, position, pyramid, scale, grouping, placing
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com
Origin: Origin: 1300-50; < Medieval Latin hierarchia < Late Greek hierarchía rule or power of the high priest, equivalent to hier- hier- + archía -archy; replacing Middle English jerarchie < Middle French ierarchie < Medieval Latin ierarchia, variant of hierarchia
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