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HIERARCH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A senior clergyman and dignitary
Synonyms:
archpriest; hierarch; high priest; prelate; primate
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hierarch" is a kind of...):
priest (a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders)
Instance hyponyms:
Gloomy Dean; Inge; William Ralph Inge (English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954))
Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros; Jimenez de Cisneros (prelate who was the confessor of Isabella I and who was later appointed Grand Inquisitor (1436-1517))
Cardinal Newman; John Henry Newman; Newman (English prelate and theologian who (with John Keble and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement; Newman later turned to Roman Catholicism and became a cardinal (1801-1890))
Armand Jean du Plessis; Cardinal Richelieu; Duc de Richelieu; Richelieu (French prelate and statesman; principal minister to Louis XIII (1585-1642))
Desmond Tutu; Tutu (South African prelate and leader of the antiapartheid struggle (born in 1931))
James Usher; James Ussher; Usher; Ussher (Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656))
William of Wykeham; Wykeham (English prelate and statesman; founded a college at Oxford and Winchester College in Winchester; served as chancellor of England and bishop of Winchester (1324-1404))
Stefan Wyszynski; Wyszynski (Polish prelate who persuaded the Soviet to allow greater religious freedom in Poland (1901-1981))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person who holds a high position in a hierarchy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("hierarch" is a kind of...):
important person; influential person; personage (a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events)
Holonyms ("hierarch" is a member of...):
hierarchy; pecking order; power structure (the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body)
