Hierarch: alternatives and connections

A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank a…

Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy.

Figuratively, of persons and things not religiously sacred, but held in high honor: To calumniate; to revile; to abuse.

A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it.

To make, or declare to be, sacred; to appropriate to sacred uses; to set apart, dedicate, or devote, to the service or worship of God;…

The high or principal table, at the end of a hall, at which the chief guests were seated; also, the chief seat at the high table.

The decease of a royal or princely person; hence, also, the death of any illustrious person.

To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unwor…

Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty…

To seat on a throne; to exalt to the seat of royalty or of high authority; hence, to invest with sovereign authority or dignity.

The history or description of the sacred writings or of sacred persons; a narrative of the lives of the saints; a catalogue of saints.

Holiness; sanctity; sacred oath; sacred things; sanctuary; -- used chiefly in oaths.

The quarters or place of residence of any chief officer, as the general in command of an army, or the head of a police force; the plac…

greater than normal in quantity or amount; "a high temperature"; "a high price"; "the high point of his career"; "high risks"; "has hi…

Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the High Church, or their doctrines or policy. See High Church, under High, a.

The legal power, right, or authority of a particular court to hear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute justice; judi…

In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or…

Not placing a high estimate on ecclesiastical organizations or forms; -- applied especially to Episcopalians, and opposed to high-chur…