hierarch
noun
a person who rules or has authority in sacred matters; high priest.
hierarchal
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a word derived from
hierarch.
Example Sentences
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Solon also set up a hierarchal system in which citizens were eligible for positions in government based on wealth instead of hereditary privilege.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
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
South Korea has a fundamentally top-down, hierarchal society, and aged-based ranking in groups sets expectations for one’s role, Yoon In-jin said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 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
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
