Found 2 items, similar to hierarch.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: hierarch
hierarch
n : a senior clergyman and dignitary [syn:
archpriest,
high priest
,
prelate,
primate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Hierarch
Hierarch
\Hi"er*arch\ (h[imac]"[~e]r*[aum]rk`), n. [LL.
hierarcha, Gr. ?; "iero`s sacred (akin to Skr. ishiras
vigorous, fresh, blooming) + ? leader, ruler, fr. ? to lead,
rule: cf. F. hi['e]rarque.]
One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things;
the chief of a sacred order; as, princely hierarchs.
--Milton.