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HIERARCHY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The idea of categorizing groups according to rank readily transferred to the organization of priestly or other governmental rule. The word hierarchy is, in fact, related to a number of governmental words in English, such as monarchy, anarchy, and oligarchy, although it itself is now very rarely used in relation to government.
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A hierarchy (from Greek: ἱεραρχία, hierarkhia, 'rule of a high priest', from hierarkhes, 'president of sacred rites') is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc.) that are represented as being "above", "below", or "at the same level as" one another.
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HIERARCHY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
HIERARCHY definition: 1. a system in which people or things are arranged according to their importance: 2. the people in…. Learn more.
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HIERARCHY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
Hierarchy definition: any system of persons or things ranked one above another.. See examples of HIERARCHY used in a sentence.
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Hierarchy | Definition, Types, & Examples | Britannica
hierarchy, in the social sciences, a ranking of positions of authority, often associated with a chain of command and control. The term is derived from the Greek words hieros (“sacred”) and archein (“rule” or “order”). In modern societies, hierarchical organizations pervade all aspects of life.
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Definition of hierarchy noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [countable, uncountable] a system, especially in a society or an organization, in which people are organized into different levels of importance from highest to lowest. She's quite high up in the management hierarchy.
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HIERARCHY - Definition & Translations | Collins English Dictionary
Discover everything about the word "HIERARCHY" in English: meanings, translations, synonyms, pronunciations, examples, and grammar insights - all in one comprehensive guide.
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Hierarchy - definition of hierarchy by The Free Dictionary
A group of persons or things organized into successive ranks or grades with each level subordinate to the one above: a career spent moving up through the military hierarchy.
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hierarchy (plural hierarchies) A body of authoritative officials organized in nested ranks. quotations
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hierarchy - WordReference.com Dictionary of English
an organized body of ecclesiastical officials in successive ranks or orders: the Roman Catholic hierarchy. Religion one of the three divisions of the angels, each made up of three orders, conceived as constituting a graded body.