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Hierarch — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • hierarch noun One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order.

Senses

Hierarch is used for these senses in English:

  • hierarch (Eastern Orthodoxy) A title of bishops in their role as ordinaries (arbiters of canon law) over their respective dioceses.

hierarch — full definition

  1. noun One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order.
  2. noun A title of bishops in their role as ordinaries (arbiters of canon law) over their respective dioceses.