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单词 hierarch
释义 hi·er·arch
\ˈhīəˌrärk, -ˌrȧk also ˈhīˌr-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French hierarche, from Medieval Latin hierarcha, from Greek hierarchēs, from hier- + -archēs -arch
1. : a religious leader holding high office or vested with controlling authority : chief prelate : high priest
 < the important central painting … shows the apostolic succession of hierarchs — W.E.Needham >
 < steps taken by the British East India Company to … establish relations with the Tibetan hierarchs — Beatrice D. Miller >
2. : one having authority or pontifical dignity resembling that of a hierarch
 < former ministers, generals, blackshirt hierarchs — Janet Flanner >
 < proceed with the utmost decorum and in what the hierarchs … considered the best of Senate tradition — New York Times Magazine >
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