- hierarchy - a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system; "put honesty first in her hierarchy of values"
--1 is a kind of series
--1 is a part of system, scheme
--1 has particulars: celestial hierarchy; data hierarchy; taxonomy- hierarchy, power structure, pecking order - the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body
--2 is a kind of organization, organisation
--2 is a part ofadministration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation - hierarchy, power structure, pecking order - the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body