Слово англійською: hierarchy
Іменник
Переклад hierarchy українською: (церковна) ієрархія, церковна влада, теократія
Детальний опис
hierarchy
noun /ˈhaɪərɑːrki/
(plural hierarchies)
- [countable, uncountable] a system, especially in a society or an organization, in which people are organized into different levels of importance from highest to lowest
- the social/political hierarchy
- She's quite high up in the management hierarchy.
- [countable + singular or plural verb] the group of people in control of a large organization or institution
- It was on orders from the party hierarchy that she dropped the investigation.
- The hierarchy has/have remained silent on this issue.
- [countable] (formal) a system that ideas or beliefs can be arranged into according to their importance
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French and medieval Latin from Greek hierarkhia, from hierarkhēs ‘sacred ruler’, from hieros ‘sacred’ + arkhēs ‘ruler’. The earliest sense was ‘system of orders of angels and heavenly beings’; the other senses date from the 17th cent.