hierarchaladj.
/hʌɪəˈrɑːkəl/ Of or belonging to a hierarch or a hierarchy.
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society > faith > church government > kinds of church government > hierarchy > [adjective]
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1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Vindic. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. §13. 150 Enemies to the Hierarchall preeminency.
1773 J. Ross Fratricide (MS) i. 660 Eve When first created..uprising from the sound Of hierarchal harmony!
1824 R. Southey Bk. of Church (1841) 171 An hierarchal government, like that of the Lamas, or the Dairis of Japan.
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