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hierarchy
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hierarchy
n.
system in which persons or things are arranged one above the other according to rank; group which governs; group of church officials ranked successively
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Hierarchy
A hierarchy (from the Greek ἱεραρχία hierarchia, "rule of a high priest", from ἱεράρχης hierarkhes, "leader of sacred rites") is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc.) in which the items are represented as being "above," "below," or "at the same level as" one another.
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hierarchy
Noun
1. a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system; "put honesty first in her hierarchy of values"
(hypernym) series
(hyponym) celestial hierarchy
(part-holonym) system, scheme
2. the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body
(synonym) power structure, pecking order
(hypernym) organization, organisation
(part-holonym) administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation
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hierarchy
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hierarchie
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hierarchy
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