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Hierarchy

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Noun

1. hierarchy

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

Example Sentences:
'put honesty first in her hierarchy of values'

2. hierarchy, pecking order, power structure

the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hierarchy

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noun plural -chies
1. 
a system of persons or things arranged in a graded order
2. 
a body of persons in holy orders organized into graded ranks
3. 
the collective body of those so organized
4. 
a series of ordered groupings within a system, such as the arrangement of plants and animals into classes, orders, families, etc
5. linguistics, mathematics
a formal structure, usually represented by a diagram of connected nodes, with a single uppermost element
Compare ordering, heterarchy, tree (sense 6)
6. 
government by an organized priesthood

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Hierarchy

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nounWord forms: plural ˈhierˌarchies
1. 
a system of church government by priests or other clergy in graded ranks
2. 
the group of officials, esp. the highest officials, in such a system
3. 
a group of persons or things arranged in order of rank, grade, class, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hierarchy

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n. pl. hi·er·ar·chies
1. 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.
2. Categorization or arrangement of a group of people or things into such ranks or grades: classification by hierarchy; discounting the effects of hierarchy.
3. A body of persons having authority: "his relations with Hitler and the Nazi hierarchy" (John Kenneth Galbraith).
4. A group of animals in which certain members or subgroups dominate or submit to others.
5. One of three main divisions of angels in traditional Christian angelology.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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