hierarchal

(adjective)

adjective

1. 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

Similar word(s): stratified, gradable, graded, ranked, vertical, hierarchic, hierarchical

Sentences with hierarchal as an adjective:

- The great hierarchal standard. — Milton.