A system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
The original meaning of hierarchy was rule by priests, which usually involved a...
1 Samuel 7:12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us. Ebenezer is used in the hymn, "Come Thou...
There are a few companies that control the vast majority of tobacco distribution in North America, and they are collectively referred to as Big Tobacco.