HIERARCHY
\hˈa͡ɪ͡əɹɑːki], \hˈaɪəɹɑːki], \h_ˈaɪə_ɹ_ɑː_k_i]\
Definitions of HIERARCHY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system; "put honesty first in her hierarchy of values"
By Princeton University
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a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system; "put honesty first in her hierarchy of values"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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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.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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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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HIERARCHICAL.
By Daniel Lyons
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A body of organized ecclesiastical rulers; clerical or priestly government.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. Dominion or authority in sacred things;—a form of government administered solely by the priesthood;—an order or the rank of angels.
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A sacred government, rank or subordination of holy beings; ecclesiastical establishment.
By Thomas Sheridan
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Harmar, Josiah
- (1753-1813), born in Philadelphia, served during Revolutionary War, attaining rank of lieutenant-colonel, and was commander-in-chief the U.S. army from 1789 to 1792.