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hierarchy
1. Rule or dominion in holy things; priestly rule or government; a system of ecclesiastical rule.
2. The collective body of ecclesiastical rulers; an organized body of priests or clergy in successive orders or grades.
3. A body of persons or things ranked in grades, orders, or classes, one above another; specifically, in natural science and logic, a system or series of terms of successive rank (as classes, orders, genera, species, etc.), used in classification.
2. The collective body of ecclesiastical rulers; an organized body of priests or clergy in successive orders or grades.
3. A body of persons or things ranked in grades, orders, or classes, one above another; specifically, in natural science and logic, a system or series of terms of successive rank (as classes, orders, genera, species, etc.), used in classification.
It often happens that I wake at night and begin to think about a serious problem and decide I must tell the Pope about it. Then I wake up completely and remember that I am the Pope.
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dominance hierarchy, dominance order
The physical domination of some members of a group by other members, in relatively orderly and long-lasting patterns.
Except for the highest-ranking and lowest-ranking individuals, a given member will dominate one or more of its companions and be dominated in turn by one or more of the others.
The hierarchy is initiated and sustained by hostile behavior, albeit sometimes of a subtle and indirect nature.
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