Definition of hierarch in English:

hierarch

noun ˈhʌɪərɑːkˈhaɪ(ə)ˌrɑrk

A chief priest, archbishop, or other leader.
教主，大主教；首领
Example sentencesExamples
- Certainly there have been notable Orthodox hierarchs in this country and abroad, many of them Russians, whose vision of Orthodoxy and its catholic mission was a resplendent one.
- A postulant who wishes to enter the spiritual life has a sponsor who presents him to the hierarch.
- There is a mosaic in Ravenna portraying saints, martyrs, hierarchs, and faithful laity, each of them holding a crown that they will place at the feet of Christ.
- The works of their most respected theologians and thinkers are not only still unavailable in most of Russia's seminaries, but are also viewed by many hierarchs as heretical.
- Thirteen bishops of Great Russian origin and merely two Ukrainian hierarchs were consecrated in the 1760s.
- Anselm of Canterbury, eleventh-century theologian, monk and Church hierarch, is arguably the major figure in the theological road from Augustine to Aquinas.

Origin

Late Middle English: via medieval Latin from Greek hierarkhēs, from hieros 'sacred' + arkhēs 'ruler'.

Rhymes

squirearch

Definition of hierarch in US English:

hierarch

nounˈhī(ə)ˌrärkˈhaɪ(ə)ˌrɑrk

A chief priest, archbishop, or other leader.
教主，大主教；首领
Example sentencesExamples
- A postulant who wishes to enter the spiritual life has a sponsor who presents him to the hierarch.
- Anselm of Canterbury, eleventh-century theologian, monk and Church hierarch, is arguably the major figure in the theological road from Augustine to Aquinas.
- Thirteen bishops of Great Russian origin and merely two Ukrainian hierarchs were consecrated in the 1760s.
- The works of their most respected theologians and thinkers are not only still unavailable in most of Russia's seminaries, but are also viewed by many hierarchs as heretical.
- There is a mosaic in Ravenna portraying saints, martyrs, hierarchs, and faithful laity, each of them holding a crown that they will place at the feet of Christ.
- Certainly there have been notable Orthodox hierarchs in this country and abroad, many of them Russians, whose vision of Orthodoxy and its catholic mission was a resplendent one.

Origin

Late Middle English: via medieval Latin from Greek hierarkhēs, from hieros ‘sacred’ + arkhēs ‘ruler’.

词汇	hierarch
释义	Definition of hierarch in English: hierarch noun ˈhʌɪərɑːkˈhaɪ(ə)ˌrɑrk A chief priest, archbishop, or other leader. 教主，大主教；首领 Example sentencesExamples Certainly there have been notable Orthodox hierarchs in this country and abroad, many of them Russians, whose vision of Orthodoxy and its catholic mission was a resplendent one. A postulant who wishes to enter the spiritual life has a sponsor who presents him to the hierarch. There is a mosaic in Ravenna portraying saints, martyrs, hierarchs, and faithful laity, each of them holding a crown that they will place at the feet of Christ. The works of their most respected theologians and thinkers are not only still unavailable in most of Russia's seminaries, but are also viewed by many hierarchs as heretical. Thirteen bishops of Great Russian origin and merely two Ukrainian hierarchs were consecrated in the 1760s. Anselm of Canterbury, eleventh-century theologian, monk and Church hierarch, is arguably the major figure in the theological road from Augustine to Aquinas. Origin Late Middle English: via medieval Latin from Greek hierarkhēs, from hieros 'sacred' + arkhēs 'ruler'. Rhymes squirearch Definition of hierarch in US English: hierarch nounˈhī(ə)ˌrärkˈhaɪ(ə)ˌrɑrk A chief priest, archbishop, or other leader. 教主，大主教；首领 Example sentencesExamples A postulant who wishes to enter the spiritual life has a sponsor who presents him to the hierarch. Anselm of Canterbury, eleventh-century theologian, monk and Church hierarch, is arguably the major figure in the theological road from Augustine to Aquinas. Thirteen bishops of Great Russian origin and merely two Ukrainian hierarchs were consecrated in the 1760s. The works of their most respected theologians and thinkers are not only still unavailable in most of Russia's seminaries, but are also viewed by many hierarchs as heretical. There is a mosaic in Ravenna portraying saints, martyrs, hierarchs, and faithful laity, each of them holding a crown that they will place at the feet of Christ. Certainly there have been notable Orthodox hierarchs in this country and abroad, many of them Russians, whose vision of Orthodoxy and its catholic mission was a resplendent one. Origin Late Middle English: via medieval Latin from Greek hierarkhēs, from hieros ‘sacred’ + arkhēs ‘ruler’.
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