hierarchal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers
    hierarchic; hierarchical.
    • 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

WordNet

Hi"er*arch`al, Hi`er*arch"ic adjective (Also<
  • Hierarchal
  • Hierarchic
)
Definitions
  1. Pertaining to a hierarch. "The great hierarchal standard." Milton.

Webster 1913