Both Uses of
hierarchy
in
War and Peace
- Anna Pavlovna greeted him with the nod she accorded to the lowest hierarchy in her drawing room.†
Chpt 1 *
- Such is the inevitable fate of men of action, and the higher they stand in the social hierarchy the less are they free.†
Chpt 10
Definition:
a ranking -- typically by importance; or something with such a ranking -- such as an organization of people