A body of authoritative officials organized in nested ranks.

An ancient Greek priest who interpreted sacred mysteries, especially the priest of the Eleusinian mysteries. / An interpreter of sacred mysteries or arcane knowledge.

Pertaining to a hierarchy. / Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastic or priestly order. / Classified or arranged according to various criteria into successive ranks or grades.

The principles or authority of a hierarchy.

hierarchal

Of, relating to, or arranged in a hierarchy / Pertaining to a transitive relation between objects by which they may be ordered into a hierarchy.

(religion) One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order.

Relating to a hierarch.

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

To represent by hieroglyphs.