hierarch

noun

Definition of hierarchnext
as in executive

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Recent Examples of hierarch Earlier this month, Cupich took part in the papal conclave that elected Prevost as pope on May 8, stunning many Catholic scholars and hierarchs who didn’t anticipate an American would be named pontiff. — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025 His speech was criticized in a statement from the Antiochian, Bulgarian, Romanian, and Serbian American Orthodox hierarchs. — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Mar. 2025 His message on Monday was a confirmation from AI’s hierarch that the disruptors had been disrupted. — Jason Abbruzzese, NBC News, 28 Jan. 2025 In the immediate aftermath of communism there was a flurry of revelations about collaboration between Russian hierarchs and the KGB, but soon the files snapped shut. — The Economist, 11 Aug. 2019 The affair follows a two-year-old drive by Archbishop Charles Thompson, the local hierarch, to make sure that Catholic teaching is observed in all the places under his purview. — Erasmus, The Economist, 14 July 2019 That paved the way for Archbishop Ieronymos to join the primate of the new Ukrainian church, Epifaniy, and many other Bartholomew-minded hierarchs at celebrations in Istanbul of the Ecumenical Patriarch’s personal feast-day on June 11th. — Erasmus, The Economist, 15 June 2019 Unfortunately the ability to communicate successfully across other barriers, whether geopolitical or simply personal, is currently eluding the Christians of the East, or at least their hierarchs. — Erasmus, The Economist, 15 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hierarch
  1. executive
  2. administrator
  3. commander
  4. leader
  5. general
  6. employer
  7. chief
  8. governor
Noun
  • The series is executive produced by Kentaro Shibuya of Fuji Television, Janice Lee of MakerVille and Song Seon Eui of Simstory, alongside Kato and Kenichiro Hobara.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Many executives, such as the CEOs of Starbucks and Chipotle for example, tout early-morning work routines as a key to their success.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of executive
Noun
  • Dharmendra Kumar Mishra, Gorkha district’s chief government administrator, said more than 200 people were evacuated on Monday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Arts administrators around the country have told NPR that booking performances for performing arts centers is done years in advance.
    — Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of administrator
Noun
  • The arrests triggered a major counterterrorism investigation into the security breach at the strategic installation, which serves as a central intelligence hub supporting American military commanders across Europe and Africa.
    — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • These people, including Mohsen Rezaei, the national security adviser, and Hossein Taeb, the commander of Iran’s main domestic paramilitary forces, think deterring further attacks requires a decisive, aggressive response to any provocations.
    — Narges Bajoghli, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of commander
Noun
  • Tuesday night’s episode of NBC’s The Voice saw team leaders Kelly Clarkson, Adam Levine, Queen Latifah, and Riley Green complete their rosters as the Blind Auditions came to an end.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 7 Oct. 2026
  • French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said the government and school leaders must listen to students' concerns and find solutions.
    — NICOLAS GARRIGA, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of leader
Noun
  • According to the guidelines, the method is recommended to the secretary by the provost marshal general.
    — Meagan Harris, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The boutique hotel is built on a love story—where a 19th-century British general fell in love with an Indian princess, who later took her grief and rich colour palette to Saint Tropez.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of general
Noun
  • But employers also need to know whether their training works.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Tinubu’s then-employers at Mobil Oil told investigators his treasurer role did not involve moving large sums and that the company never authorized him to hold its funds personally.
    — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of employer
Noun
  • In addition to developing better medicines or perfumes, deciphering the mirror images of molecules can help scientists understand the chemical architecture of life, said chemist Holden Thorp, editor-in-chief of the journal Science.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
  • In a presentation to the Police Commission last month, the LAPD’s technology chief, Dean Gialamas, said that the department understood the privacy and civil liberty concerns raised about companies such as Flock.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of chief
Noun
  • Voters will choose candidates for nearly every statewide office, including governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state school superintendent and the commissioners of agriculture, insurance and labor.
    — Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • But when Regan and his union, SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West, called the academics sometime late last summer, suggesting a ballot measure that couldn’t be vetoed by the governor, the academics saw a new opening.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of governor

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“Hierarch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hierarch. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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