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hierarch

noun

Meaning

  1. One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order.
  2. A title of bishops in their role as ordinaries (arbiters of canon law) over their respective dioceses.

Etymology / origin

From Medieval Latin hierarcha, from Ancient Greek ἱεράρχης (hierárkhēs) Derived from ἱερός (hierós, “holy”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs, “ruler”, “leader”). ἱερός from Proto-Hellenic *iherós, from Proto-Indo-European *ish₁ros. There are a number of candidate cognates with this word. Compare Sanskrit इषिर (iṣira, “vigorous, fresh, blooming”) and Oscan 𐌀𐌉𐌔𐌖𐌔𐌉𐌔 (aisusis).

  1. 𐌀𐌉𐌔𐌖𐌔𐌉𐌔(osc)→
  2. इषिर(sa)→
  3. *ish₁ros(ine-pro)→
  4. *iherós(grk-pro)→
  5. ἱεράρχης(Ancient Greek)→
  6. hierarcha(la-med)→
  7. hierarch (English)
  8. Relations: der, der, der, der, cog, cog

Related words

hierarcha(la-med)ἱεράρχης(Ancient Greek)*iherós(grk-pro)*ish₁ros(ine-pro)इषिर(sa)𐌀𐌉𐌔𐌖𐌔𐌉𐌔(osc)

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