hierarchy

Hierarchy — • This word has been used to denote the totality of ruling powers in the Church, ever since the time of the Pseudo Dionysius Areopagita (sixth century), who consecrated the expression in his works, The Celestial Hierarchy and The Ecclesiastical …   Catholic encyclopedia

hierarchy — I (arrangement in a series) noun arrangement, categorization, chain, classification, collocation, distribution, gradation, grouping, order, order of succession, progression, range, run, seriation, series, succession, system II (persons in… …   Law dictionary

hierarchy — noun 1) иерархия 2) eccl. священноначалие, теократия …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

Hierarchy — Hi er*arch y (h[imac] [ e]r*[aum]rk [y^]), n.; pl. {Hierarchies} (h[imac] [ e]r*[aum]rk [i^]z). [Gr. ierarchi a: cf. F. hi[ e]rarchie.] 1. Dominion or authority in sacred things. [1913 Webster] 2. A body of officials disposed organically in ranks …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Hierarchy — A hierarchy (Greek: hierarchia (ἱεραρχία), from hierarches, leader of sacred rites ) is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc.) in which the items are represented as being above, below, or at the same level as one… …   Wikipedia

hierarchy — 1) иерархия; соподчинённость 2) иерархический уровень • circuit hierarchy control hierarchy functional hierarchy logical hierarchy memory hierarchy physical hierarchy resource hierarchy storage hierarchy testing hierarchy timing hierarchy …   Англо-русский словарь технических терминов

hierarchy — сущ. иерархия а) общ. (любая система, в которой индивиды, животные или неодушевленные объекты ранжированы по статусу, степени важности и т. д.) hierarchy of goals [objectives] иерархия целей hierarchy of values иерархия ценностей levels of… …   Англо-русский экономический словарь

hierarchy — noun (plural chies) Etymology: Middle English ierarchie rank or order of holy beings, from Anglo French jerarchie, from Medieval Latin hierarchia, from Late Greek, from Greek hierarchēs Date: 14th century 1. a division of angels 2. a. a ruling… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

hierarchy — /huy euh rahr kee, huy rahr /, n., pl. hierarchies. 1. any system of persons or things ranked one above another. 2. government by ecclesiastical rulers. 3. the power or dominion of a hierarch. 4. an organized body of ecclesiastical officials in… …   Universalium

hierarchy — [ haɪ(ə)rɑːkɪ] 1) Общая лексика: инстанция, священноначалие, иерархия, вертикаль 2) Церковный термин: теократия 3) Техника: иерархическая лестница, иерархический уровень, соподчинённость 4) Математика: иерархический, шкала (кардинальных чисел) 5) …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь