Relating to a hierarch.

An element of an ideographic (hieroglyphic) writing system. / (informal) Any obscure or baffling symbol.

To represent by hieroglyphs.

(databases) A database whose records are linked in a tree-like structure, each child record having a single primary parent.

(chiefly in the plural) A writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds as a rebus

of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols / difficult to decipher

(transitive) To bend; incline; tilt (as a water-vessel or ship); heel. / (transitive) To pour out; pour. / (transitive) To throw; cast; put. / (intransitive) To bow; bend; incline; tilt or cant over.

An inclination; a cant. / (UK dialectal) An incline; slope. / A decline; decrease; wane.

plural of hierarchy

simple past tense and past participle of hie