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hieˈrarchical, a.
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
†1. Belonging to the angelic hierarchy. Obs.
1471Ripley Comp. Alch. Pref. in Ashm. (1652) 121 Of Hierarchycall Jubylestes the gratulant gloryfycation.
2. Belonging to a priestly hierarchy, or body of ecclesiastical rulers.
1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iv. vii. (1634) 548 In the Councell, where principally the image of the Hierarchicall order ought to be seene? 1692Washington tr. Milton's Def. Pop. Pref. (1851) 16 An Hierarchical Tyranny, under a Cloak of Religion. 1735–8Bolingbroke On Parties 14 The Excesses of Hierarchical and Monarchical Power..intirely occasion'd the Miseries, which follow'd. 1871R. H. Hutton Ess. I. 393 The principle of Church development was exchanged for a principle of hierarchical encroachment.
3. Belonging or according to a regular gradation of orders, classes, or ranks: see hierarchy 4.
1832tr. Sismondi's Ital. Rep. iii. 56 The nobles were not united by the hierarchical connection of the feudal system. 1864H. Spencer Illustr. Univ. Progr. 180 The mutual influence of the sciences has been quite independent of any supposed hierarchical order. 1897Capt. F. N. Maude Volunt. v. Compuls. Service 31 Kalkreuth..stood by..refusing to move, because he had received no orders from his hierarchical chief. |