FromMedieval Latinhierarcha, fromAncient Greekἱεράρχης(hierárkhēs) Derived fromἱερός(hierós,“holy”) +-άρχης(-árkhēs,“ruler”, “leader”).
ἱερός fromProto-Hellenic*iherós, fromProto-Indo-European*ish₁ros. There are a number of candidate cognates with this word. CompareSanskritइषिर(iṣira,“vigorous, fresh, blooming”) andOscan𐌀𐌉𐌔𐌖𐌔𐌉𐌔(aisusis).
hierarch (pluralhierarchs)
- (religion) One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order.
- (Eastern Orthodoxy) Atitle ofbishops in theirrole asordinaries (arbiters ofcanon law) over theirrespectivedioceses.
2016 October 11, Peter Jesserer Smith, “Pope’s Canon-Law Change Strengthens East and West”, in(Please provide the book title or journal name)[1],National Catholic Register:The law states that the local ordinary can give to any Catholic priest the faculty to bless the marriages of non-Catholic Eastern Christians if the faithful voluntarily ask for it and the priest prudently informs the appropriatehierarch.
one who has high and controlling authority in sacred things
a title of bishops in their role as ordinaries (Eastern Orthodoxy)
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