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Word: Hierarchy
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: via Old French and medieval Latin from Greek hierarkhia, from hierarkhēs ‘sacred ruler’ (see hierarch). The earliest sense was ‘system of orders of angels and heavenly beings’; the other senses date from the 17th century
ˈhʌɪ(ə)rɑːki
a system in which members of an organization or society are ranked according to relative status or authority
Short Definition:ranking system ordered according to importance
Examples:- the initiative was with those lower down in the hierarchy
- the trend is to get away from hierarchy and control
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