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celestial hierarchy
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Word History and Origins
Origin of celestial hierarchy1
First recorded in 1880–85
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The Copernican revolution overthrew a medieval cosmology with a tidier celestial hierarchy than our own.
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A chief angel; one high in the celestial hierarchy.
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The pure spirits composed the nine choirs of the celestial hierarchy.
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It was believed that there was a celestial hierarchy, with heavenly hosts in specific places.
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Some of them might be set apart as the special servants and messengers of the gods, and occupy the place of archangels in the celestial hierarchy.
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