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hierarchy

hie·rarchy

UK/ˈhaɪ.ə.ɹɑː(ɹ).ki/ US/ˈhaɪ.ɹɑː(ɹ).ki/ uncommon

noun

1.

a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system

  • “put honesty first in her hierarchy of values”
2.

Origin

From Middle English ierarchie, jerarchie, from Old French ierarchie, jerarchie, from Late Latin ierarchia, from Latin hierarchia, from Ancient Greek ἱεραρχία (hierarkhía, “rule of a high priest”), from ἱεράρχης (hierárkhēs, “high priest”), from ἱερός (hierós, “holy”) + ἄρχω (árkhō, “to rule”), equivalent to hiero- + -archy. The H was re-added c. 1500 due to influence from Classical Latin.

Phrases

  • arithmetic hierarchy
  • arithmetical hierarchy
  • Chomsky hierarchy
  • command hierarchy
  • hierarchy of effects
  • Kleene hierarchy
  • Kleene-Mostowski hierarchy
  • Lévy hierarchy

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