hierarch
noun
a person who rules or has authority in sacred matters; high priest.
hierarchal
-
a word derived from
hierarch.
Example Sentences
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This hierarchal system is vastly incomplete, controversial and often revised, but it's helpful in naming, defining, and grouping organisms based on their characteristics and evolutionary relationships.
From Salon ● Dec. 10, 2022
In the hierarchal model for the taxonomic classification system, from the point of origin, the groups become less specific.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
As trans-femme Che Gossett writes in Trap Door, “visibility still doesn’t challenge the hierarchal and racialized distribution of resources and/or criminalization within the regime of racial capitalism.”
From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2018
Judge John Bowman on Thursday said there was hierarchal ladder in the scheme in which five others were found guilty and that Smerdon was at the top of it.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2018
The bishop is a lay leader for the local ward, which is one of the small but critical parts of the highly organized and hierarchal Mormon structure.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
