hierarch
Americannoun
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a person who rules or has authority in sacred matters; high priest.
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a person having high position or considerable authority.
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one of a body of officials or minor priests in certain ancient Greek temples.
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a person in a position of high priestly authority
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a person holding high rank in a religious hierarchy
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a person at a high level in a hierarchy
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Etymology
Origin of hierarch
1480–90; < Medieval Latin hierarcha < Greek hierárchēs steward of sacred rites, equivalent to hier- hier- + -archēs -arch
Example Sentences
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With astonishment the world will recognize that the Tailor is its Hierophant and Hierarch, or even its God.
From Sartor Resartus: the life and opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh by Carlyle, Thomas
Before leaving Calcutta our adventurer purchased from Phileas Walder, for the sum of two hundred francs, the serviceable dignity of a Palladian Hierarch, “fortified with which he would be enabled to penetrate everywhere.”
From Devil-Worship in France or The Question of Lucifer by Waite, Arthur Edward
Hierarch, hī′ėr-�rk, n. a ruler in sacred matters.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
With astonishment the world will recognise that the Tailor is its Hierophant and Hierarch, or even its God.
From Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Carlyle, Thomas
Hierarch as he was, and orthodox Catholic, this most elegant of eloquent orators had a liberal strain in his blood which allied him politically with the “philosophers” of the time succeeding.
From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver
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