Definition of "hierarch" [hi•er•arch]

• One who occupies a position of authority in a religious hierarchy. (noun)
• One who occupies a high position in a hierarchy: governmental hierarchs. (noun)

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• "The chief of a hierarchy is called the hierarch, each of the watchtowers is viewed as a hierarchy."
• "Nested hierarch Zach - I was responding to your nonsense pertaining to nested hierarchies."
• "Holy hierarch Tikhon, pray for the salvation of our souls."