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hierarchal

/haɪəˈɹɑː(ɹ)kəl/

hierarchal adjective: relating to a hierarch.

Adjective (1)

hierarchal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to a hierarch.
    • The bishop discharged his hierarchal duties by arbitrating the dispute.
    • the great hierarchal standard1667, 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...

Adjective (2)

hierarchal (not generally comparable, comparative more hierarchal, superlative most hierarchal)

  1. (not comparable, usually) Synonym of hierarchical (“pertaining to a hierarchy (ranking)”).
    Synonyms:
    hierarchical

Synonyms of hierarchal

Forms of hierarchal

comparativemore hierarchal
superlativemost hierarchal

Origin of hierarchal

From hierarch + -al.

From hierarchy + -al.

Questions about hierarchal

What does hierarchal mean?
Hierarchal means relating to a hierarch.
What part of speech is hierarchal?
Hierarchal is an adjective.
How do you pronounce hierarchal?
Hierarchal is pronounced /haɪəˈɹɑː(ɹ)kəl/.

Words near hierarchal in the dictionary

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

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