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Hierarch

Hierarch Meaning & Definition
Hierarch Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hierarch?

[n] a senior clergyman

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hierarch: archpriest | high priest | prelate | primate

Related Terms | Find terms related to Hierarch:

See Also | Armand Jean du Plessis | Cardinal Newman | Cardinal Richelieu | clergyman | Desmond Tutu | Duc de Richelieu | Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros | Inge | James Usher | James Ussher | Jimenez de Cisneros | John Henry Newman | man of the cloth | Newman | reverend | Richelieu | Stefan Wyszynski | the Gloomy Dean | Tutu | Usher | Ussher | William of Wykeham | William Ralph Inge | Wykeham | Wyszynski

Hierarch In Webster's Dictionary

\Hi"er*arch\, n. [LL. hierarcha, Gr. ?; "iero`s sacred (akin to Skr. ishiras vigorous, fresh, blooming) + ? leader, ruler, fr. ? to lead, rule: cf. F. hi['e]rarque.] One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order; as, princely hierarchs. --Milton.

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