Hierarchy and Sort

Hierarchy

Hierarchy noun - A scheme of rank or order.

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Sort and hierarchy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sort" instead a noun "Hierarchy".

Nearby Words: hierarchical, hierarchic

Sort noun - A number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common.

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Hierarchy and sort are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hierarchy" instead a noun "Sort".

Nearby Words: sorted, sorting, sorter

human	human hierarchy	human sort
old	old hierarchy	old sort
special	special hierarchy	special sort
similar	similar hierarchy	similar sort
Other adjectives: complete, regular, standard, actual, new, traditional, military.

It's sort of a hierarchy among outlaws founded in order to keep the outlaws from tearing each other apart.

Source: Thieves' Guild
If there are multiple clerical characters and some sort of ranked hierarchy, the higher ranking members are much more likely to be evil or corrupt and possibly so because of their high rank.

Source: Holier Than Thou
A sort-of Justified Trope since both of them are high-ranked Triad members and their fighting skills are what brought them as high in the hierarchy as they are.

Source: Manga / Haou Airen

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