Synonyms for hierarchy
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hahy-uh-rahr-kee, hahy-rahr- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhaɪ əˌrɑr ki, ˈhaɪ rɑr- |
Définition of hierarchy
Origin :- mid-14c., from Old French ierarchie, from Medieval Latin hierarchia "ranked division of angels" (in the system of Dionysius the Areopagite), from Greek hierarkhia "rule of a high priest," from hierarkhes "high priest, leader of sacred rites," from ta hiera "the sacred rites" (neuter plural of hieros "sacred;" see ire) + arkhein "to lead, rule" (see archon). Sense of "ranked organization of persons or things" first recorded 1610s, initially of clergy, sense probably influenced by higher. Related: Hierarchal; hierarchical.
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- There is no hierarchy in Buddhism: it is a religion of absolute freedom.
- Extract from : « The Soul of a People » by H. Fielding
- Army, state, and hierarchy were its visible representatives.
- Extract from : « The Ethics of Coperation » by James Hayden Tufts
- Nowhere do you find a hierarchy more prevalent than among them.
- Extract from : « The Nabob » by Alphonse Daudet
- The hierarchy was as imposing as in Spain, and its dominion and influence greater.
- Extract from : « The Land We Live In » by Henry Mann
- He was a practical man who meant to increase the power of the hierarchy.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- In 1688 the cause of the hierarchy was for a moment that of the popular party.
- Extract from : « The History of England from the Accession of James II. » by Thomas Babington Macaulay
- How this hierarchy is to get its wisdom they do not explain.
- Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
- We do not know where we now stand in the hierarchy of created intelligences.
- Extract from : « Medical Essays » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
- Upon the necessity for a hierarchy and a mystic ritual he insisted.
- Extract from : « The Orchard of Tears » by Sax Rohmer
- Great City Snobs are the next in the hierarchy, and ought to be considered.
- Extract from : « The Book of Snobs » by William Makepeace Thackeray
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