hierarch
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈhaɪərɑrk/
:
jerarca
- The bishop is a hierarch within the church, overseeing several local congregations.
- hierarch of the church
So I think that's why dictators, hierarchs need to be paranoid.
- So I think that's why dictators, hierarchs need to be paranoid.
Examples
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Furthermore, the Church council that selected Gurii chose two other new hierarchs for the region, each in the mold of Gurii with long careers of dedicated service to the Church.
Academic text (2007) -
We see this in icons of hierarchs.
Blog text (15) -
Male Western hierarchs had for too long dominated the transmission of the faith.
Academic text (1991) -
In return, Orthodox hierarchs slavishly supported the government's foreign and domestic policies.
Academic text (1997) -
One feature of this last election was the complete failure of the Vatican hierarchs to dictate the vote to the flock.
Blog text (21) -
Its presbyterate is disappearing and, finally, some of the older hierarchs have at last had the courage to speak out now that they do not have jobs to lose.
Blog text (6) -
If they continue to let their fates be decided by octogenarian hierarchs in Rome, some bishops may find themselves sharing a cell block with Monsignor Lynn!
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Whereas in the past, the major channel of information between Rome and other churches was at the level of nuncios, ambassadors, and influential hierarchs, the new networks gave voice to pastoral agents working directly with the poor.
Academic text (2008) -
This is not entirely surprising insofar as both sides are very much products of the Soviet era, with the church still largely dominated by individual hierarchs whose biographies are very familiar to the successors of the KGB and who were appointed under Communist Party guidance.
Academic text (2007) -
Nonetheless, in a move to tip the balance of the revolution away from its liberal course, the episcopacy backed a brief counterrevolution in 1913 and confirmed the opinion of most revolutionary leaders that church hierarchs were unremitting enemies of the Revolution.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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1.9
A person who leads a group or community
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4.9
A person who has higher rank or authority in a group
43
3.4
A person who guides a group's religious beliefs and practices
21
4.6
A person with the most power in a group
20
6.7
A man who leads a family or group with authority
15
7.2
A senior religious leader who leads important ceremonies for a religion
12
9.1
A senior church leader who has authority over other clergy
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6.3
A person who is in charge of a company or group
6
9.8
A senior bishop who is in charge of other bishops in a country or region
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7.1
A person with an important job in an organization
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4.2
A person with more power in a company or group
3
8.4
A person who is the most important leader in a group or organization
2
4.4
A person or group who is top and most powerful after a competition
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9.6
A senior church leader in charge of several churches or a cathedral
Antonyms
How High-Ranking
Surface Forms
Morphology
hierarch = hierarchy (opaque) = hier + arch
The word is built from Greek combining forms unfamiliar in isolation and is not transparently derivable by an average learner from known English base words.
Etymology
Hierarch comes from Greek parts hier- meaning 'sacred' and -arch meaning 'ruler', the same idea you see in hierarchy and monarch. So a hierarch is a person at the top of a system, often a religious leader or a top official.