hierarch
[noun]
Synonyms: leader, boss, chief, chieftain, cock, dominator, head, headman, honcho, master

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hierarch noun. ['hʌɪrɑ:k] Also (esp. in sense 2) Hierarch. LME.
[medieval Latin hierarcha from Greek hierarkhēs high priest, from hieros sacred + -arkhēs -ARCH.]
1. A person who has authority in sacred matters; an ecclesiastical ruler or potentate; a chief priest; an archbishop. LME.
■ Milton Their great Hierarch the Pope.

2. An archangel; Christ as commander of the celestial hierarchy. M16.
■ H. H. Milman Subject to the Hierarch of the Celestial Hierarchy.

■ hie'rarchal adjective hierarchic M17.

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