Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hierarch"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hierarch \Hi"er*arch\, n. [LL. hierarcha, Gr. ?; "iero`s sacred
(akin to Skr. ishiras vigorous, fresh, blooming) + ? leader,
ruler, fr. ? to lead, rule: cf. F. hi['e]rarque.]
One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things;
the chief of a sacred order; as, princely hierarchs.
--Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hierarch
n : a senior clergyman [syn: {archpriest}, {high priest}, {prelate},
{primate}]
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