hierarch

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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
Noun
  • Former TikTok executive Dustin Goot and former Vice exec Subrata De are both joining in senior roles, alongside media operators Alexandra Zaslow and Brannan Goetschius.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • But Joseph Chalom, CEO of SharpLink, one of the largest corporate holders of the cryptocurrency ether, and a former BlackRock executive, expects the gates to stay shut for a while.
    — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Questions also remain about the district’s disciplinary investigation, Young’s employment status and what changes, if any, administrators will make to the football program before next season.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Public school district administrators across the county pushed to get the proposition on the ballot, which, if adopted, will add more to county homeowners’ tax burden.
    — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Larry Baimbridge spent thirty-one years with the Houston Police Department, including stints as a homicide detective and as commander of the SWAT team.
    — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Tom Waits lends his feral baritone to a commander of a coyote military brigade.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • City leaders see the measure as a way to make housing more accessible to young families and boost declining enrollment in the Davis Joint Unified School District, which is weighing school closures.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Luna pitched himself to county voters as a calmly effective operator who has brought down crime while building relationships with local, state and federal leaders that suffered under his predecessor’s tenure.
    — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Healey previously served as the state's attorney general for two terms.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Typically, the general in the position and their staff are responsible for generating and coordinating military plans for both the chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the president.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • There could also be a bipartisan pushback on the rising cost of hospital care as well as pharmacy benefit managers, which act as middlemen to negotiate drug prices and rebates on behalf of insurers and employers.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The contract deadline for union security workers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and their maritime employers has been pushed back to Friday, again prolonging the threat of a potential strike at the San Pedro Bay docks.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Listyo previously served as national police chief after being appointed by then-President Joko Widodo in 2021.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Barrera, Shaw and Tony Thurmond, outgoing state schools chief, voiced opposition to the plan that is now final.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • This story has been updated to correct the spelling of the last name of governor’s spokesperson to Reid, not Reed.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Here are seven groups across the Sacramento region hosting election night watch parties to follow the race for California governor, control of Congress and local contests.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2026

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“Hierarch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hierarch. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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