hierarchicaladj.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > angel > [adjective] > belonging to hierarchy
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1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy Pref., in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 121 Of Hierarchycall Jubylestes the gratulant gloryfycation.
2. Belonging to a priestly hierarchy, or body of ecclesiastical rulers.
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society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [adjective] > of ecclesiastics
hierarchical1561
hierarchal1641
hierarchic1681
society > faith > church government > kinds of church government > hierarchy > [adjective]
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hierarchal1641
priest-ridden1647
priest-rid1653
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hierocratical1801
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1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) iv. vii. 548 In the Councell, where principally the image of the Hierarchicall order ought to be seene?
1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. Pref. p. xviii An Hierarchical Tyranny, under a Cloak of Religion.
1735 Visct. Bolingbroke Diss. upon Parties (ed. 2) 14 The Excesses of Hierarchical and Monarchical Power..intirely occasioned the Miseries, which followed.
1871 R. 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 n. 4.
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1832 J.-C.-L. S. de Sismondi Hist. Ital. Republics iii. 56 The nobles were not united by the hierarchical connection of the feudal system.
1864 H. Spencer Illustr. Progress 180 The mutual influence of the sciences has been quite independent of any supposed hierarchical order.
1897 F. N. Maude Voluntary v. Compulsory Service 31 Kalkreuth..stood by..refusing to move, because he had received no orders from his hierarchical chief.
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