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Definition of Hierarchal
1. Adjective. Classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers. "In her hierarchical set of values honesty comes first"
Similar to: Class-conscious, Stratified, Gradable, Graded, Ranked, Stratified, Vertical
Derivative terms: Hierarchy
Antonyms: Nonhierarchical
Definition of Hierarchal
1. a. Pertaining to a hierarch.
Definition of Hierarchal
1. Adjective. Relating to a hierarch. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hierarchal
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hierarchal
Literary usage of Hierarchal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Historical Relation of New England to the English Commonwealth by John Wingate Thornton (1874)
"... this infallible vicegerent “re-animates... warns and exhorts” all his hierarchal
celibates, who have neither country nor home nor personal conscience, ..."
2. Corner Stones of Faith: Or, The Origin and Characteristics of the Christian by Charles Herbert Small (1898)
"hierarchal, or monarchial, in which the authority is vested in one man with
subordinate functionaries. 2. Prelatical, in which the authority is vested in ..."
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