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English word hierarchy comes from Ancient Greek ἄρχω, Ancient Greek ἱερός, and later Latin hierarchia (Hierarchy.)
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ἄρχω (Ancient Greek)
ἱερός (Ancient Greek)
ἀρχή (Ancient Greek)
ἱερεύς (Ancient Greek)
ἱεράρχης (Ancient Greek)
ἱεραρχία (Ancient Greek)
hierarchia (Latin)
Hierarchy.
ierarchie (Old French)
hierarchy (English)
A body of authoritative officials organized in nested ranks.. A social, religious, economic or political system or organization in which people or groups of people are ranked with some superior to others based on their status, authority or some other trait.. Any group of objects ranked so that every one but the topmost is subordinate to a specified one above it.