hierarchal
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.