hierarch

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin hierarcha, from Ancient Greek ἱεράρχης (hierárkhēs) Derived from ἱερός (hierós, “holy”) +‎ -άρχης (-árkhēs, “ruler”, “leader”).

ἱερός from Proto-Hellenic *iherós, from Proto-Indo-European *ish₁ros. There are a number of candidate cognates with this word. Compare Sanskrit इषिर (iṣira, “vigorous, fresh, blooming”) and Oscan 𐌀𐌉𐌔𐌖𐌔𐌉𐌔 (aisusis).

Noun

hierarch (plural hierarchs)

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

Synonyms

• ordinary

Translations

one who has high and controlling authority in sacred things

• Bulgarian: йерарх m (jerarh)
• Greek: ιεράρχης (el) m (ierárchis)

  Ancient: ἱεράρχης m (hierárkhēs)

• Latin: hierarcha m
• Lithuanian: hierarchas m
• Russian: иера́рх (ru) m (ijerárx)

a title of bishops in their role as ordinaries (Eastern Orthodoxy)

• Greek: ιεράρχης (el) m (ierárchis)

  Ancient: ἱεράρχης m (hierárkhēs)

• Latin: hierarcha m
• Romanian: ierarh (ro) m
• Russian: иера́рх (ru) m (ijerárx)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} ĉefpastro