Hierarch
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hierarch is a noun meaning (religion) One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order.
Meaning
(religion) One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order.
More Meanings
- (Eastern Orthodoxy) A title of bishops in their role as ordinaries (arbiters of canon law) over their respective dioceses.
Example Sentences
The law states that the local ordinary can give to any Catholic priest the faculty to bless the marriages of non-Catholic Eastern Christians if the faithful voluntarily ask for it and the priest prudently informs the appropriate hierarch.
Word Forms
- hierarchs
Synonyms for hierarch
Depending on context, synonyms include ordinary, archpriest, prelate, primate.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include archpriest, prelate, primate, hierocrat, archchief, overchief.
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