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What does hierarch mean?

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Noun
  1. (religion) One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order.
  2. (Eastern Orthodoxy) A title of bishops in their role as ordinaries (arbiters of canon law) over their respective dioceses.
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A postulant who wishes to enter the spiritual life has a sponsor who presents him to the hierarch.
I once heard of a prominent American hierarch state that his conscience was exactly that of the pope.
Will the hierarch and the elder brothers think I am strong enough and fit enough for the duties of the task?
The hierarch rose hastily and glanced into his dark keen eyes with an inquiring look.
After breakfast, brother Eustace and the hierarch came sadly in their official robes into the lesser infirmary.
But, in the end, I don't really care to stand here and tell you what a liar this or that politician or clerical hierarch or fat-cat business tycoon is.

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