Words Like HIERARCHY

We have put together a list of words that are similar to HIERARCHY.

4 Alternative Words Similar to hierarchy

1 Organisation Noun      Synonym Words Like Organisation
2 Organization Noun      Synonym Words Like Organization
3 Series Noun      Synonym Words Like Series
4 Taxonomy Noun      Hyponym

9 definitions of hierarchy

1 A body of authoritative officials organized in nested ranks.
2 Any group of objects ranked so that every one but the topmost is subordinate to a specified one above it.
3 The power or dominion of a hierarch; hallowed or consecrated authority in what concerns religious order or government.
4 Government by ecclesiastical rulers; an ecclesiastical or priestly form of government. —
5 An order of holy beings regarded as employed in divine government.
6 A body of persons organized in ranks and orders for the exercise of rule oversacred things; hence, an organized body of ecclesiastics intrusted with government of either church or state; also, a similarly organized body of officials in other systems of government: as, the Roman Catholic hierarchy.
7 In science, a series of successive terms of different rank. The terms kingdom, order, suborder, family, genus, and species constitute a hierarchy in zoölogy.
8 a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system
9 the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body
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