a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority
等级制度,等级严密的组织。
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(天主教会或主教制教会的)神职人员;宗教权威人士。
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等级制度中的上层阶级;当权者
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the magazine was read quite widely even by some of the hierarchy. 这份杂志读者甚广,甚至包括一些当权者。
an arrangement or classification of things according to relative importance or inclusiveness
(根据相对重要性或包含范围)分级,分类
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a taxonomic hierarchy of phyla, classes, orders, families, genera, and species. 门、纲、目、科、属、种的分类体系。
【神学】 天使的传统品级体系。
"late Middle English: via Old French and medieval Latin from Greek