hiero-

American  

1. a combining form meaning “sacred,” “priestly,” used in the formation of compound words.

   hierocracy.

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hiero- British  

combining form

1. holy or divine

   hierocracy

   hierarchy

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Etymology

Origin of hiero-

< Greek hieró ( s ) holy, sacred

Example Sentences

Sid envies Hiero’s talent and sees him as a rival in love.

From The New Yorker

“Half-Blood Blues” burrows into their relationship: Sid’s exhilaration when Hiero’s playing brings out the best in his own, resentment when the younger man gets the lion’s share of the praise, and, very occasionally, compassion for Hiero’s lonely, rootless condition.

From The New Yorker

The author may mean to de-glamorise the fairy world, but instead makes it boringly mundane; after a certain point, Hiero ought to wear a T-shirt reading "The numinous doesn't live here any more".

From The Guardian

Worse, a threat to the real world from the fairy realm involving Hiero seems perfunctory and anti-climactic.

From The Guardian

Thrasydaeus, son of Theron of Agrigentum, seems to have ruled the city oppressively, but an appeal made to Hiero of Syracuse, Gelon’s brother, was betrayed by him to Theron; the latter massacred all his enemies and in the following year resettled the town.

From Project Gutenberg