Hierarchy (noun)

  1. A system of order or ranking among people or things.
  2. A group of people or things arranged in a graded series or ranked in order of importance or status.
  3. A system of organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
  4. A system of organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
  5. A system of ranking in which each level or rank is subordinate to the one above it.

Origin:

Late latin hierarchia, from greek hierarkhia, from hierarkhes, hierarkhos high priest, ruler, from hieros sacred + arkhein to rule.

Examples:

  1. The hierarchy of the Catholic Church.
  2. The hierarchy of management.
  3. The military hierarchy.
  4. The social hierarchy.
  5. The hierarchy of needs.
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