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 …

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 …

HIERARCHY definition: 1. a system in which people or things are arranged according to their importance: 2. the people in…. Learn more.

Hierarchy definition: any system of persons or things ranked one above another.. See examples of HIERARCHY used in a sentence.

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.

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 …

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” …

Nov 24, 2025 · hierarchy (plural hierarchies) A body of authoritative officials organized in nested ranks. quotations

The hierarchy of an organization such as the Church is the group of people who manage and control it.

hi•er•ar•chy (hī′ ə rär′kē, hī′ rär-), n., pl. -chies. any system of persons or things ranked one above another. Religion government by ecclesiastical rulers. the power or dominion of a hierarch. an …