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celestial hierarchy — hierarchy (def. 6). [1880 85] * * * … Universalium
celestial hierarchy — noun the collective body of angels • Hypernyms: ↑hierarchy • Member Meronyms: ↑angel * * * noun : a hierarchy of angels based upon interpretations of various scriptural references and ranked from those nearest to God into nine orders (as seraphim … Useful english dictionary
Hierarchy — • This word has been used to denote the totality of ruling powers in the Church, ever since the time of the Pseudo Dionysius Areopagita (sixth century), who consecrated the expression in his works, The Celestial Hierarchy and The Ecclesiastical… … Catholic encyclopedia
Hierarchy — A hierarchy (Greek: hierarchia (ἱεραρχία), from hierarches, leader of sacred rites ) is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc.) in which the items are represented as being above, below, or at the same level as one… … Wikipedia
hierarchy — /ˈhaɪəraki / (say huyuhrahkee) noun (plural hierarchies) 1. any system of persons or things in a graded order, etc. 2. Science a series of successive terms of different rank. The terms phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species …
hierarchy — /huy euh rahr kee, huy rahr /, n., pl. hierarchies. 1. any system of persons or things ranked one above another. 2. government by ecclesiastical rulers. 3. the power or dominion of a hierarch. 4. an organized body of ecclesiastical officials in… … Universalium
Celestial Digimon — The Celestial Digimon are a fictional group of Digimon that appear in the Digimon Frontier media franchise. The group consists of three Mega level Angel Digimon Seraphimon, Cherubimon and Ophanimon, who are named after the three highest angelic… … Wikipedia
Christian angelic hierarchy — The Assumption of the Virgin by Francesco Botticini at the National Gallery London, shows three hierarchies and nine orders of angels, each with different characteristics … Wikipedia
Spiritual Hierarchy — Part of a series on Theosophy Founders of the T. S. Helena Blavatsky · … Wikipedia
Way of the Celestial Masters — Tianshi Dao (Simplified Chinese:天师道, Traditional Chinese: 天師道, pinyin: Tiān Shī Dào) or Way of the Celestial Masters is a Chinese Daoist movement that was founded by Zhang Daoling in 142 CE. At its height, the movement controlled a theocratic… … Wikipedia
