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HIERARCHY
- a body or organization classified in successively subordinate grades [n HIERARCHIES]
- A system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority
- The upper echelons of a hierarchical system; those in authority
- An arrangement or classification of things according to relative importance or inclusiveness
- The clergy of the Catholic or Episcopal Church; the religious authorities
- The traditional system of orders of angels and other heavenly beings