hierarchize

hierarchize
hierarchy ► NOUN (pl. hierarchies) 1) a ranking system ordered according to status or authority. 2) an arrangement according to relative importance or inclusiveness. 3) (the hierarchy) the clergy of the Catholic Church or of an episcopal Church. 4) Theology the traditional system of orders of angels and other heavenly beings.
DERIVATIVES hierarchic adjective hierarchical adjective hierarchize (also hierarchise) verb.
ORIGIN Greek hierarkhia, from hierarkhs 'sacred ruler' .

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