hierarch
English
noun
Definitions
- (religion) One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order.
- (Eastern Orthodoxy) A title of bishops in their role as ordinaries (arbiters of canon law) over their respective dioceses.
Etymology
Derived from Latin hierarcha derived from Ancient Greek ἱεράρχης (high priest).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἱεράρχης
Gloss
high priest
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hierarchal English
- hierarchate English
- hierarkkinen Finnish
- hierarcha Latin
- gerarca Italian
- ἱεράρχης Ancient Greek
- ἱεραρχία Ancient Greek
- ἱερός Ancient Greek
- ιεράρχης gkm