hierarchic, a.
(haɪəˈrɑːkɪk)
[ad. Gr. ἱεραρχικός, f. ἱεράρχης hierarch: see -ic. Cf. F. hiérarchique.]
Of or belonging to a hierarchy.
| 1681 Ess. Peace & Truth Ch. 30 To enforce Humane Rites and Ceremonies, and stablish Hierarchick Policy in the Church. 1796 Morse Amer. Geog. II. 64 An empire, of which Upsala was for many centuries the political and hierarchic seat. 1853 Tait's Mag. XX. 388 All the hierarchic and aristocratic traditions and prejudices of Europe. 1879 Farrar St. Paul I. 106 The hierarchic clique, which..governed the body which still called itself the Sanhedrin. |