[Mrs. Don-o]

Hierarchy: from ta hiera "the sacred rites" (neuter plural of hieros "sacred") + arkhein "to lead, rule".

Thus, hierarchy=leaders of sacred rites.

By contrast --- if I may pun badly --- Hitler and Stalin were leaders of "lowerarchies."

[ravenwolf]

Hierarchy: from ta hiera “the sacred rites” (neuter plural of hieros “sacred”) + arkhein “to lead, rule”.

Thus, hierarchy=leaders of sacred rites.

By contrast -— if I may pun badly -— Hitler and Stalin were leaders of “lowerarchies.”

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Lead and rule are not the same but i don,t think i like archie, hi or low.