Hierarchy

What do we mean by hierarchy?

A group of persons or things organized into successive ranks or grades with each level subordinate to the one above. noun

Categorization or arrangement of a group of people or things into such ranks or grades. noun

A body of persons having authority. noun

A group of animals in which certain members or subgroups dominate or submit to others. noun

One of three main divisions of angels in traditional Christian angelology. noun

The power or dominion of a hierarch; hallowed or consecrated authority in what concerns religious order or government. noun

Government by ecclesiastical rulers; an ecclesiastical or priestly form of government. — noun

An order of holy beings regarded as employed in divine government. noun

A body of persons organized in ranks and orders for the exercise of rule oversacred things; hence, an organized body of ecclesiastics intrusted with government of either church or state; also, a similarly organized body of officials in other systems of government: as, the Roman Catholic hierarchy. noun

In science, a series of successive terms of different rank. The terms kingdom, order, suborder, family, genus, and species constitute a hierarchy in zoölogy. noun

Dominion or authority in sacred things. noun

A body of officials disposed organically in ranks and orders each subordinate to the one above it; a body of ecclesiastical rulers. noun

A form of government administered in the church by patriarchs, metropolitans, archbishops, bishops, and, in an inferior degree, by priests. noun

A rank or order of holy beings. noun

Any group of objects ranked so that every one but the topmost is subordinate to a specified one above it; also, the entire set of ordering relations between such objects. The ordering relation between each object and the one above is called a hierarchical relation. noun

A body of authoritative officials organized in nested ranks. noun

Any group of objects ranked so that every one but the topmost is subordinate to a specified one above it. noun

A series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system noun

The organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body noun

A body of authoritative officials organized in nested ranks.

A social, religious, economic or political system or organization in which people or groups of people are ranked with some superior to others based on their status, authority or some other trait.

Any group of objects ranked so that every one but the topmost is subordinate to a specified one above it.

Words that are spelled similarly to hierarchy:
hierarchy, hierarchs, hierarch, hierachy, hiearchy, hierarchic, hierarchal, heirarchy, heterarchy, trierarchy, hexarchy, heiarchy, heroarchy, hydrarchy, hyperarchy.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word hierarchy:
hierarchical, cache, caste, clergy, complexity, dominance, theorem, apostolic, genres, archbishop, dominant, ranks, needs, levels, catholic, lowest, rank, orthodox, pope, relationships, cardinal, classes, functions, defined, concepts, breeding, theory.

Words that rhyme with hierarchy:
oligarchy, snarky, malarkey, patriarchy, sparky, parky, darkie, matriarchy, darky, archi, barky, darkey, parcae, sarky, larky, narky, sharkey, archi-, archae, darcie, mullarkey, larkey, harkey, marcie, marchi, markie, marky, lamarche, star key, archey, trimarchi, arc e, arc he, are key, ark he, bark he, bismarck he, car key, char key, clark e, clark he, clark kee, clarke e, clarke he, clarke quay, dark he, demarchi, denmark e, denmark he, landmark he, mark e, mark he, mark key, monarch he, park e, park he, patriarch he, r key, remark he, shark he, spark he, star ki.

Adjectives that are often used to describe hierarchy:
social, administrative, organizational, ecclesiastical, military, political, racial, traditional, religious, urban, whole, official, rigid, occupational, strict, clear, bureaucratic, entire, formal, level, corporate, natural, feudal, complex, roman, managerial, functional, male, internal, vertical, celestial, elaborate, structural, spiritual, cultural, judicial, academic, soviet, priestly, clerical, educational, nested, digital, irish, sexual, papal, communist, spatial, regular, taxonomic, logical, institutional, ethnic, global, heavenly, divine, regional, conceptual, romish, stable, governmental, definite, structured, organisational, patriarchal, colonial, top, overall, cosmic, socioeconomic, infinite, anglican, fixed, episcopal, catholic.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective hierarchy:
theory, effects, chart, model, charts, structure, construction, concept, control, section, view, system, market, equality, items, levels, solutions, bureaucracy, models, continuum, approach, mode, diagram, dichotomy, formation, level, diagrams, structures, oriented, based, empire, values, perspectives, object, offices, objects, analysis, org, economics, index, means, relations, scheme, subclasses, theorists, tree, throwable, attenuating, suits, theories, figure, functions, evaluation, iii, democracy, exception, hierarchies, works, minutes, file, threshold, relationships, electrical, equations, enhancers, none, output, creating, page, answer, organization, wizard, mission, authority, classification, generating, account, inclusive, speech, framework, pass, ability, approaches, organizations, networks, replication.

Words that sound like hierarchy:
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