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adjective

hierarchical, hierarchic adj.

Of or pertaining to a hierarchy; ordered in a hierarchy.

Synonyms: hierarchical, hierarchal.

Pertaining to a transitive relation between objects by which they may be ordered into a hierarchy; as, a hierarchical relation.

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Etymology of 'Hierarchical'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hierarchical" Quotes from Famous Books

... scene of the quarrel with Rome, wherein no churchly pomp had been permitted; and as Marina's bewildered gaze steadied itself upon the noble group of the Signoria, with whom to-day, in great state, sat the Patriarch of Venice with mitre and hierarchical robes and all the attendant group of Venetian bishops, a look of intense relief suddenly flashed over the trouble in her eyes—as if that which she had sought with such long ...

— A Golden Book of Venice • Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull

... and a Church. And there is the extraordinary missionary development traceable all through the history of Eastern Christianity: the wonderful Nestorian missions, the activity of the evangelists, imperial and hierarchical, of the sixth century, the conversion of Russia, the preludes to the remarkable achievements in modern times of orthodox missions ...

— The Church and the Barbarians - Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 • William Holden Hutton

... descend regularly and systematically to the lowest official, and include the entire movement of society. The emperor and the feudal princes are restrained by formalities and usage, as well as by the expression of disapprobation; and the officials of every grade by their hierarchical dependency, and by a system of incessant oversight; and finally, the people by proscription, and the education, industrial, as well as mental and moral, which the State dispenses to them. The sole idea in which this astonishing system rests, is that of the State, whose ...

— The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II • Various

... extolling them later on and putting them into practice for his own profit; Febvre, a lover of respectability; Got, as a selfish old growler understanding nothing but the orders of the powers that be and advancement as ordained on hierarchical lines. Worms said to me in his ...

— My Double Life - The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt • Sarah Bernhardt

Words linked to "Hierarchical" : stratified, class-conscious, hierarchical menu, hierarchy, hierarchical data structure, gradable, hierarchical classification system