hierarchy's
Chain of command's
Hierarchy's is the possessive form of hierarchy, indicating something belonging to or associated with a ranked system of authority or classification.
A hierarchy arranges people or things in levels from highest to lowest: The company's hierarchy determines who reports to whom.
The possessive appears in phrases like the hierarchy's decision or the church hierarchy's official position.
Arrangement of interconnected parts
- chain of commandFormal authority hierarchy
- levelsHeights or ranked stages
- tiersHorizontal arranged levels
- ranksPositions in hierarchy
corporate ladder · management · pecking order · subordinates · superiors · org chart · bureaucracy · divisions
Branching organizational diagram
- nodesPoints of connection
- parentMother or father
- childPerson before puberty
- nestedContained within another
root · branches · subcategories · folders · directories · data structure · taxonomy · ontology
Science of categorical arrangement
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- kingdomMonarch's ruled territory
- phylumMajor classification rank
- genusTaxonomic rank above species
species · order · family · domain · Linnaean · phylogeny · rank · nomenclature
Inherited social division
- classGrouping by shared traits
- statusOne's relative position
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
- eliteSuperior select group
aristocracy · nobility · commoners · stratification · inequality · upper class · lower class · social mobility
Divine winged messengers
- archangelsSupreme divine messengers
- seraphimSupreme angelic order
- cherubimHebrew plural for certain angels
- celestialOf the sky above
divine order · clergy · pope · bishops · priests · deacons · cardinals · ecclesiastical
structure
Arrangement of interconnected parts
- chain of commandFormal authority hierarchy
- levelsHeights or ranked stages
- tiersHorizontal arranged levels
ranks · corporate ladder · management · pecking order · subordinates · superiors · org chart · bureaucracy · divisions · departments
tree structure
Branching organizational diagram
nested · root · branches · subcategories · folders · directories · data structure · taxonomy · ontology · inheritance
taxonomy
Science of categorical arrangement
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- kingdomMonarch's ruled territory
- phylumMajor classification rank
genus · species · order · family · domain · Linnaean · phylogeny · rank · nomenclature · categorization
caste
Inherited social division
elite · aristocracy · nobility · commoners · stratification · inequality · upper class · lower class · social mobility · prestige
angels
Divine winged messengers
- archangelsSupreme divine messengers
- seraphimSupreme angelic order
- cherubimHebrew plural for certain angels
celestial · divine order · clergy · pope · bishops · priests · deacons · cardinals · ecclesiastical · church
- church hierarchyRanked religious leadership structure
- organizational hierarchyRanked structure of authority
- social hierarchyStratified arrangement of status
- hierarchy of needsOrdered human motivations theory
- government hierarchyRanked system of officials
- corporate hierarchyOrganizational chain of command