Definitions of hierarchy
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a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system; " put honesty first in her hierarchy of values"
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Dominion or authority in sacred things.
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A form of government administered in the church by patriarchs, metropolitans, archbishops, bishops, and, in an inferior degree, by priests.
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A rank or order of holy beings.
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The clergy of a church in higher and ower ranks; priesthood; rank of holy beings, as angels; in biology, a series of systematic groups.
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Rule in sacred matters: persons that so rule: the body of the clergy: a government by priests.
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A body of organized ecclesiastical rulers; clerical or priestly government.
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Ranks or orders of the sacred ministry, commonly applied to the order of Episcopal churches; the priesthood.
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HIERARCHICAL.