hier-

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variant of hiero- before a vowel: hierarchy.

QUIZZES

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

I am sure Rabbi Hier would expect nothing less if the graveyard where his ancestors are buried was at issue.
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“I was delighted,” said Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles.
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Here he puttes e fourt case, & it is is, at yf ere come a cifer in e hier rewe, how ou schal do.
The Earliest Arithmetics in English|Anonymous
And yf ou haue well y-wroth a-fore ou schalt haue e hier nombre e same ou haddest or ou be-gan to worch.
The Earliest Arithmetics in English|Anonymous

And ou maiste draw twene out of twene, for ou schal leue not of e hier twene vnde versus.
The Earliest Arithmetics in English|Anonymous
And e case is is, ou schalt drawe e neer nomber out of e hyer, & ou mayst not do at yf e hier nomber were lasse an at.
The Earliest Arithmetics in English|Anonymous
And e Craft is is, ryght as ou subtrayd e neer figures fro e hier figures, ryt so adde e same neer figures to e hier figures.
The Earliest Arithmetics in English|Anonymous