See Also: hierarch(dictionary)

hierarch (iou)



hierarch noun. Also (esp. in sense 2) Hierarch. LME.
[medieval Latin hierarcha from Greek hierarkhes high priest, from hieros sacred + -arkhes -ARCH.]
A person who has authority in sacred matters; an ecclesiastical ruler or potentate; a chief priest; an archbishop. LME.
Milton Their great Hierarch the Pope.
An archangel; Christ as commander of the celestial hierarchy. M16.
H. H. Milman Subject to the Hierarch of the Celestial Hierarchy.
hie'rarchal adjective hierarchic M17.