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hierarch

hierarch noun: one who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order.

Noun

hierarch (plural hierarchs)

  1. One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order.
    Synonyms:
    ordinary
  2. (Eastern Orthodoxy) A title of bishops in their role as ordinaries (arbiters of canon law) over their respective dioceses.
    • The law states that the local ordinary can give to any Catholic priest the faculty to bless the marriages of non-Catholic Eastern Christians if the faithful voluntarily ask for it and the priest prudently informs the appropriate hierarch.2016 October 11, Peter Jesserer Smith, “Pope’s Canon-Law Change Strengthens East and West”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), National Catholic Register
    Synonyms:
    ordinary

hierarch meaning in Urdu

hierarch in Urdu

مرشد, پیشواہ, پیر, شیخ

Synonyms of hierarch

Forms of hierarch

pluralhierarchs

Origin of hierarch

From Medieval Latin hierarcha, from Ancient Greek ἱεράρχης (hierárkhēs) Derived from ἱερός (hierós, “holy”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs, “ruler”, “leader”). ἱερός from Proto-Hellenic *iherós, from Proto-Indo-European *ish₁ros. There are a number of candidate cognates with this word. Compare Sanskrit इषिर (iṣira, “vigorous, fresh, blooming”) and Oscan 𐌀𐌉𐌔𐌖𐌔𐌉𐌔 (aisusis).

Words formed from hierarch

Questions about hierarch

What does hierarch mean?
Hierarch means one who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order.
What is hierarch in Urdu?
Hierarch in Urdu is مرشد, پیشواہ, پیر. See Hierarch meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is hierarch?
Hierarch is a noun.
What is the plural of hierarch?
The plural of hierarch is hierarchs.

Words near hierarch in the dictionary

  1. Hieraconpolis
  2. hieracosphinx
  3. hieracosphinxes
  4. Hierakonpolis
  5. hierapicra
  6. hierarch
  7. hierarchal
  8. hierarchally
  9. hierarchate
  10. hierarchates
  11. hierarchial

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hierarch (page history and authors); hierarch (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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