Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HI'E-RARCH-Y, n.

1. An order or rank of angels or celestial beings; or a subordination of holy beings. Some of the Rabbins reckon four, and others ten hierarchies, or orders of angels. Encyc.
2. Constitution and government of the Christian church, or ecclesiastical polity, comprehending different orders of clergy; as, the hierarchy of England. Bacon.