| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | hi·er·arch |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  h   -rärk , hrärk |
| NOUN: | 1. One who occupies a position of authority in a religious hierarchy. 2. One who occupies a high position in a hierarchy: governmental hierarchs. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Middle English jerarchis, hierarchs, from Medieval Latin hierarcha, dignitary, prelate, from Greek hierarkh s, high priest : hieros, holy; see eis- in Appendix I + -arkhs, -arch.
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