hierarchal

English

Etymology

From hierarch +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haɪəˈɹɑː(ɹ)kəl/

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Adjective

hierarchal (not comparable)

1. Relating to a hierarch.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     the great hierarchal standard

Synonyms

• hierarchic

Translations

pertaining to a hierarch

• Dutch: hiërarchisch (nl)

See also

• hierarchical