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hierarchy: see ministry ministry, in religion, term used to designate the clergy of Protestant churches, particularly those who repudiate the claims of apostolic succession . The ceremony by which the candidate receives the office of a minister is called ordination. ..... Click the link for more information. and orders, holy orders, holy [Lat. ordo,=rank], in Christianity, the traditional degrees of the clergy, conferred by the Sacrament of Holy Order. The episcopacy, priesthood or presbyterate, and diaconate were in general use in Christian churches in the 2d cent. ..... Click the link for more information. . hierarchyA structure that has a predetermined ordering from high to low. For example, all files and folders on the hard disk are organized in a hierarchy (see Win Folder organization). hierarchy 1. Religion a body of persons in holy orders organized into graded ranks 2. Taxonomy a series of ordered groupings within a system, such as the arrangement of plants and animals into classes, orders, families, etc. 3. Linguistics Maths a formal structure, usually represented by a diagram of connected nodes, with a single uppermost element 4. government by an organized priesthood
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``There's an assumption that gangs are terribly organized cartels and hierarchically organized in the business of selling drugs, and all of that is nonsense,'' he said. Perhaps the local bishop could issue a badge or pin or something so the eucharistic ministers could know that the communicant was hierarchically certified. Every observer who meets the gaze of what is seen is confronted anew with the question of space; for in this mutual gaze, perspective, with its hierarchically directed projection, loses its grip. |
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