Classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers:
— It has been said that only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of art.
— In her hierarchical set of values honesty comes first.

synonyms: hierarchal, hierarchic.

Roget 995: ecclesiastical, ecclesiological^†; clerical, sacerdotal, priestly, prelatical, pastoral, ministerial, capitular^†, theocratic; hierarchical, archiepiscopal; episcopal, episcopalian; canonical; monastic, monachal^†; monkish; abbatial^†, abbatical^†; Anglican^†; pontifical, papal, apostolic, Roman, Popish; ultramontane, priest-ridden.    ... show more

Dutch: hiërarchisch
Polish: hierarchiczny