Associations to the word «Hierarchy»

Wiktionary

HIERARCHY, noun. A body of authoritative officials organized in nested ranks.
HIERARCHY, noun. Any group of objects ranked so that every one but the topmost is subordinate to a specified one above it.

Dictionary definition

HIERARCHY, noun. A series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system; "put honesty first in her hierarchy of values".
HIERARCHY, noun. The organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras