A hierarchy (from Greek: , hierarkhia, , from , 'president of sacred rites') is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc.) that are represented as being "above", "below", or "at the …

What did hierarchy originally mean? The earliest meaning of hierarchy in English has to do with the ranks of different types of angels in the celestial order. The idea of categorizing groups according to …

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

corporate/management/organizational/political, etc. hierachy Many kinds of work are more easily and cheaply managed in corporate hierarchies than by individuals doing deals in the market. When the …

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 …

1. any system of persons or things ranked one above another. 2. government by ecclesiastical rulers. 3. the power or dominion of a hierarch. 4. an organized body of ecclesiastical officials in successive …

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 …