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hierarchal en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /haɪəˈɹɑː(ɹ)kəl/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English hierarch Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English hierarchal From hierarch + -al.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Relating to a hierarch.
   • The bishop discharged his hierarchal duties by arbitrating the dispute.
   • the great hierarchal standard 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:

Synonyms

hierarchical · hierarchic

Translations (1)

nl hiërarchisch (pertaining to a hierarch)

hierarchal en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /haɪəˈɹɑː(ɹ)kəl/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From hierarchy + -al.

Meanings

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

Forms

Synonyms

hierarchical