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hierarchate

hierarchate noun: synonym of hierarchy.

Noun

hierarchate (plural hierarchates)

  1. Synonym of hierarchy.
    • At first, when the demagoguery, the abasement, the small lying had its reverberation in other small lies and ultimate threats in the form of requests and suggestions among the hierarchate of the Church and he received the call to Jefferson, he forgot how he had got it for the time.1932, William Faulkner, chapter 20, in Light in August, [New York, N.Y.]: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, →OCLC; republished London: Chatto & Windus, 1933, →OCLC, page 456
    Synonyms:
    hierarchy

Synonyms of hierarchate

Forms of hierarchate

pluralhierarchates

Origin of hierarchate

From hierarch + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, an associated body of people).

Questions about hierarchate

What does hierarchate mean?
Hierarchate means synonym of hierarchy.
What part of speech is hierarchate?
Hierarchate is a noun.
What is the plural of hierarchate?
The plural of hierarchate is hierarchates.

Words near hierarchate in the dictionary

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

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