hierarchy
SYSTEM OF ELEMENTS WITH MULTIPLE LEVELS OR TIERS THAT ARE SUBORDINATED TO EACH OTHER
Containment hierarchy; Hierarchy member; Hierarchical relationship; Immediate subordinate; Immediate superior; Rooted hierarchy; Subordinate; Hierachy; Hierarchical; Hierarchichal; Heirarchy; Hierarchically; Hierarchies; Heirarchical; Hierarchism; Hierarchal structure; Hierarchical structure; Hiearchy; Heiarchy; Social hierarchies; Nested hierarchy; Hierarchie; Subordinates; Overlapping hierarchy; Branching hierarchy; Linear hierarchy; Flat hierarchy; Nested heirarchies; Position of authority; Hierachical; Underling; Hierarchic; Subsumptive containment hierarchy; Compositional containment hierarchy
n.
1.
Ecclesiastical government, ecclesiastical establishment.
2.
Body of ecclesiastical dignitaries.
3.
Scale of succession in ecclesiastical rank, system of sacred gradation.
4.
System of gradation (generally), order or succession of dignities.