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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Hierarchy \Hi"er*arch`y\ (h[imac]"[~e]r*[aum]rk`[y^]), n.; pl. Hierarchies (h[imac]"[~e]r*[aum]rk`[i^]z). [Gr. 'ierarchi`a: cf. F. hi['e]rarchie.] 1. Dominion or authority in sacred things. [1913 Webster] 2. A body of officials disposed organically in ranks and orders each subordinate to the one above it; a body of ecclesiastical rulers. [1913 Webster] 3. A form of government administered in the church by patriarchs, metropolitans, archbishops, bishops, and, in an inferior degree, by priests. --Shipley. [1913 Webster] 4. A rank or order of holy beings. [1913 Webster] Standards and gonfalons . . . for distinction serve Of hierarchies, of orders, and degrees. --Milton. 5. (Math., Logic, Computers) Any group of objects ranked so that every one but the topmost is subordinate to a specified one above it; also, the entire set of ordering relations between such objects. The ordering relation between each object and the one above is called a hierarchical relation. Note: Classification schemes, as in biology, usually form hierarchies. [PJC]

WordNet (r) 2.0 :
hierarchy n 1: a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system; "put honesty first in her hierarchy of values" 2: the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body [syn: power structure, {pecking order}]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
193 Moby Thesaurus words for "hierarchy": absolute monarchy, aedileship, animal kingdom, archbishopric, archiepiscopacy, archiepiscopate, aristocracy, autarchy, autocracy, autonomy, bishopric, bureaucracy, caste, chain of being, chairmanship, chancellery, chancellorate, chancellorship, chiefery, chiefry, chieftaincy, chieftainry, chieftainship, class, class structure, coalition government, colonialism, commonwealth, condition, constitutional government, constitutional monarchy, consulate, consulship, continuity, deanery, degree, democracy, dictatorship, dictature, directorate, directorship, domain, dominion rule, duarchy, duumvirate, dyarchy, echelon, emirate, episcopacy, establishment, federal government, federation, feudal system, footing, garrison state, gerontocracy, governorship, gradation, headship, hegemony, heteronomy, hierocracy, higher echelons, higher-ups, home rule, kingdom, leadership, limited monarchy, lordship, magistracy, magistrateship, magistrature, management, martial law, masterdom, mastership, mastery, mayoralty, mayorship, meritocracy, metropolitanate, metropolitanship, militarism, military government, mineral kingdom, ministry, mob rule, mobocracy, monarchy, natural hierarchy, neocolonialism, nobility, ochlocracy, officialdom, oligarchy, order, pantisocracy, papacy, pashadom, pashalic, patriarchate, patriarchy, pecking order, place, police state, pontificality, pontificate, popedom, popehood, popeship, position, power structure, precedence, prefectship, prefecture, prelacy, premiership, presidency, presidentship, prime-ministership, prime-ministry, princedom, princeship, principality, proconsulate, proconsulship, protectorate, protectorship, provostry, provostship, pure democracy, pyramid, rank, rate, rating, realm, rectorate, rectorship, regency, regentship, representative democracy, representative government, republic, ruling class, ruling classes, seigniory, self-determination, self-government, seneschalship, seneschalsy, sequence, serial order, sheikhdom, sheriffalty, sheriffcy, sheriffdom, shrievalty, social democracy, sphere, stage, standing, station, status, stratocracy, subordination, supervisorship, suzerainship, suzerainty, technocracy, the Establishment, the administration, the authorities, the ingroup, the interests, the people upstairs, the power elite, the power structure, the top, thearchy, them, theocracy, they, top brass, totalitarian government, totalitarian regime, triarchy, tribunate, triumvirate, tyranny, vegetable kingdom, vizierate, viziership, welfare state

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :
hierarchy An organisation with few things, or one thing, at the top and with several things below each other thing. An inverted tree structure. Examples in computing include a directory hierarchy where each directory may contain files or other directories; a hierarchical network (see {hierarchical routing}), a class hierarchy in {object-oriented programming}. (1994-10-11)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :
HIERARCHY, eccl. law. A hierarchy signified, originally, power of the priest; for in the beginning of societies, the priests were entrusted with all the power but, among the priests themselves, there were different degrees of power and authority, at the summit of which was the sovereign pontiff, and this was called the hierarchy. Now it signifies, not so much the power of the priests as the border of power.

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Hierarchy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A hierarchy is an arrangement of objects, people, elements, values, grades, ... Items in a hierarchy are typically thought of as being "above," "below," or "at ...

Hierarchy of the Catholic Church
Current and historical information about its bishops and dioceses.

hierarchy: Definition from Answers.com
hierarchy n. , pl. -chies . A body of persons having authority. Categorization of a group of people according to ability or status

Hierarchy - Catholic Encyclopedia
Provides the history of the Catholic Church's hierarchy of order and jurisdiction.

Hierarchy - P2P Foundation
2.1 How Hierarchy hinders Complexity. 2.2 The historical development of complexity ... Hierarchy here is the creative leadership which seeks to promote the values of ...

Hierarchy - Wikinfo
structural properties: hierarchical tree structure, rooted hierarchy. nature of the hierarchical relationship: part-whole hierarchy, containment ...

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